REVISION FORM 4 USING VLE FROG

Print out this or do the questions in VLE Frog itself as revision for Final
Examination.
Section A

[15 marks]

Do not accept this

product if the seal is
not intact.

1. Which of the following sentences best explains the label?

A You should not buy this product if the seal is broken.

B Do not worry if the seal on this product is broken.

C The seal on this product is easily broken.

D Remember to seal this product.

TIP OF THE DAY

Shoes last longer if we alternate between two and more shoes.
Avoid wearing the same shoes every day as the moisture absorbed
by leather during wear needs 24 hours to evaporate naturally.

2. According to the advertisement, people should

A stop wearing shoes

B buy more shoes

C wear the same shoes always

D wear only leather shoes

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 Better a thousand enemies outside the tent
than one within it. Arabian wise saying

3. The word one refers to

A a tent

B a number

C an enemy

D a wise man

An ancient Greek and Chinese discovered that certain rare stones, called lodestones,
were naturally magnetized. These stones could attract small pieces of iron in a
magical way, and were found to always point in the same direction when allowed to
swing. The name comes from Magnesia, a district in Thessaly, Greece.

4. Which of the following is not true about lodestones?

A They were rare stones.

B They were naturally grown.

C They could attract small pieces of iron.

D They always point in the same direction.

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 FLOOD AHEAD

Impassable to Light Vehicles

5. From the notice, we know that

A the road is not passable to small vehicles.

B it is partly passable to light vehicles.

C it is possible for light vehicles to use the road.

D the flood is subsiding soon.

Pangkor Jetty Service

Annual Dinner
Venue: Sri Pacific Hotel
Time: 8.00p.m
Dress Code: Formal Wear

6. According to the advertisement, how often does Pangkor Jetty Service hold its dinner?

A Eight times a year

B Twice a year

C Once a year

D Thrice a year

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 PANTAI REMIS: The municipal council authorized the shooting of crows in town. This
came in the light of complaints by the public that crows are becoming a nuisance in the
area. Residents of nearby housing estates are harassed by the crows. Not only that, the
crows are very unhygienic due to their scavenging activities.

7. The word harassed can best be replaced with

A endangered

B bullied

C injured

D disturbed

LITTLE BITES OF ENDLESS DELIGHTS

8. The sign above appears in front of a

A five-star hotel

B lighting store

C dentist

D coffee house

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Questions 9 15 are based on the following passage. Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.

Everyone of us is born to be creative, and have unlimited potential for creating. What is the definition
of creativity? Edward de Bono incorporates three diverse _____(9)_____ into his definition of creativity. Firstly,
he says, At the simplest level, creative means bringing into the being something, which was not there
_____(10)_____. Then he adds, The new thing must have a value and finally, it must include the concept
_____(11)______ unexpectedness and change.
But as we grow up, we give away more and more of our creative potential. As a child, we lose up 75
per cent of our _____(12)_____. By the time we are 40, we are nearly expressing less than two per cent of the
measurable creativity we demonstrated as children. _____(13)______ we must reawaken our ability to be
creative with the practice and encouragement, which are not familiar to most of us. When you are being
creative, you are not necessarily doing something that no one else has _____(14)_____ before, yet you are
doing something we have never done before. We understand creativity _____(15)_____ when we are
experiencing it or we feel we have lost it. Creativity is a term, which resists the limits of simple definitions yet it
is a concept much wider than any specific application.

9. A things 12. A create

B styles B creation
C concepts C creating
D definitions D creativity

10. A now 13. A Hence

B later B Therefore
C after C Subsequently
D before D Consequently

11. A in 14. A do
B of B did
C for C done
D from D doing

15. A either
B neither
C in so far
D whether

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 Section B

[ 10 marks ]

Questions 16 25

Read the following poster and complete the graphic organizer.

Charity Concert
For the first time in Malaysia, on New Years Eve, you
will enjoy a concert featuring The Best Romantics and
Revon Meyer who will wow you with their smash hits at
the Regent Hall, Kuala Lumpur.
All proceeds from the concert will go to Home Sweet
Home Orphanage and Shelter House.
Get your tickets now from Antique Dream Entertainment
(03-78782341) or log on to www.antiquedream.com to
do your good deed for this season. Tickets are priced at
RM990 (VIP seats), RM780 and RM600.

Enter the Lucky Draw and

win a chance to sing with
the stars

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Questions 16 25

Using the information from the poster given, complete the graphic organizer below

Proceeds from the concert will be donated to: Performers:

24 _______________________________ 16 ______________________________

25 _______________________________ 17 _______________________________

CHARITY
CONCERT

Range of ticket prices:

Organisers contact details:
23 _______________________________
18 _______________________________

19 _______________________________

Special attraction:

22 _______________________________ Event information:

_______________________________ Date: 20 ________________________

Venue: 21 ________________________

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 Section C
[ 25 marks ]
Questions 26 31 are based on the following passage.

1 My husband was losing his sight due to diabetic retinopathy, a progressive disease
usually considered irreversible. Doctors and hospital had been a way of life for us since his
first diabetic coma in 1942, He had survived numerous complication of diabetes. He always
redounded from a crisis with a smile. But there was no smile now as he said, It means Im
finished as a photographer. Id rather lose a leg than my eyes. Thats one thing I cant take. 5
2 For five years, our life was a succession of challenges. Diminishing sight for Russel.
Diminishing budget. Bouts of eye haemorrhage, during which he had almost no vision.
Russel stumbled and groped his way around our Palm Springs house and yard.
3 Then, it was spring, 1974. We were sitting on the front patio. Russel was just sitting and
staring into space. I knew what he was thinking-he was finished as a photographer. He had 10
sold most of his camera equipment. We needed the money. I chocked back tears, desperate
to think of something to cheer him up.
4 At that moment, we heard a whirring of wings and a tiny bird zipped past us. It spun
around and hovered, its wings beating so rapidly that I could barely see them.
5 Its a hummingbird! Russel said. 15
6 How do you know? He could see light, some colours, blurred images directly in front
of him, and that was all.
7 I can hear it. Hello, little hummingbird. Where did you come from, pretty bird? Russel
could distinguish flashes of the brilliant red of the hummingbirds head and throat feathers,
glittering in the sunlight. 20
8 In the ensuing days, my husband developed a rapport with Little Redbird, as we named
him. Russel no longer sat and stared. His eyes were focused on the feeder he made for
hummingbird and a bird-shooter he was building to photograph it. The bird-shooter was
Russels own design, and ingenious of leftovers from his photo workshop. When the
hummingbirds flew in front of the camera lens, they broke a light beam, which triggered the 25
shutter. Russel was soon photographing hummingbirds, without being able to see them or
rather, they were photographing themselves,
9 Russel did everything by hearing, touch and feel. He was beginning to apply his other
senses. Meanwhile, other hummingbirds came. He learned to recognize them by chirps,
buzzing, wing-whirs and behaviour antics. But Little Redbird remained his favourite and 30
the most elusive on camera. Russel told me, Ill get him eventually, the Little Redbird. It
just takes patience. He had a new purpose, a greater challenge than anything he had ever
attempted when he had normal vision. I have never seen him happier.
10 How strange that Russels awakening from despair should begin with a hummingbird.
Russels photographs of the hummingbirds became a hit. The photographs were put on 35
exhibit Hummingbirds: Self-portraits. The exhibit was a great success, and this got
many people interested. I realized then the meaning of the miracle Little Redbird had
brought us the gift of vision without sight. It brought Russel out of his shell. There seems
to be no end to the marvels, great and small, that my husband could do. He has remodeled
our kitchen, installed new appliances, tiled walls. He has built an insect-shooter, planning to 40
add butterflies, dragonflies and bumble bees to his hummingbird portfolio. Things have
changed for the better, since the arrival of the hummingbird. Most mystifying is that
Russels eye haemorrhage has stopped. There have been no more trips to hospitals since he
began photographing hummingbirds four years ago.

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be? But who can explain an awakening of spirit and mind? Who knows why or how a new
self is born in a man because he suddenly saw a hummingbird?
(Adapted from Readers Digest, July 1978)

26. From paragraph 1, what happened to the writers husband and why did he despair?

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27. From paragraph 2,

a) which phrase tells us that Russel faced financial difficulties?

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

b) what badly affected Russels vision?

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

28. From paragraph 8,

a) how do we know that the encounter with the hummingbird had changed Russel?

_________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

b) how did Russel react to his new-found enthusiasm for hummingbirds?

_________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

29. From paragraph 9,

a) how did Russel cope with his gradual loss of sight?

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

b) (i) give one evidence to show that Russel is able to vision the hummingbirds without proper sight.

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

(ii) give one evidence to show that Russel has taken a positive stance towards life.

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

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30. In your own words, state two miracles that happened to Russel after the encounter with the

hummingbird.

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____________________________________________________________________________(2 marks)

31. Based on the passage, write a summary on how the encounter with the hummingbird changed

Russel.

Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the original meaning.

Your summary must:

* be in continuous writing (not note form)

* use materials from lines 15 47

* not longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

Meeting the hummingbird triggered positive changes in Russel. He developed

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 Section D

[20 marks]

32. Read the poem The Living Photograph and answer the questions that follow.

The Living Photograph

My small grandmother is tall there,
straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt,
pleated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,
a kind, old smile round her eyes.
Her big hand holds mine,
white hand in black hand.
Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye.

It was true after all; that look.

My tall grandmother became small.
Her back round and hunched.
Her soup forgot to boil.
She went to the awful place grandmothers go.
Somewhere unknown, unthinkable

But there she is still,

in the photo with me at three
the crinkled smile is still living, breathing.

a) From the first stanza, list two items grandmother wears in the photo.

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

b) Why do you think the writers small grandmother is tall in the photo?

__________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

c) Which line tells you that the writer and her grandmother come from different ethnic background?

___________________________________________________________________________(1 mark)

d) Sometimes an elderly member of the family is sent to a nursing home. Do you agree with this

practice? Provide your reason.

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__________________________________________________________________________(2 marks)

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