Reading Paper Set 1
Reading Paper Set 1
Reading Paper Set 1
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ARAHAN:
3. Tiap-tiap soalan diikuti oleh empat pilihan jawapan, iaitu A, B, C dan D . Bagi setiap soalan,
pilih SATU jawapan sahaja.
4. Jika anda hendak menukar jawapan, padamkan tanda yang telah dibuat. Kemudian hitamkan
jawapan yang baharu.
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Part 1
Question 1 to 8
Read the text carefully in each question. Choose the best answer A, B or C.
KUALA LUMPUR: Sue Lee,40, is the grand prize winner of a RM 400,000 double -storey
link house in the slogan competition sponsored by Best Food Products. A happy Sue told
reporters that she is very lucky to have won the prize.
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When it is time for meals, we tend to focus on what we
should eat, but we overlook our eating habits. Ellyn Satter,
a social worker, and registered dietician, suggests that
normal eating includes going to a meal hungry and eating
until we are satisfied, being able to choose the food we like
and getting enough of it. We should also give some thought
to our food selection so we get some nutrition, eat three
meals a day and leave some cookies on the plate because
we know we can have some again tomorrow.
3. Based on information from the health journal, we can have a healthy eating habit if
A Eat when we are hungry.
B Eat when we are full.
C Select food that we do not like
You need calcium to build strong bones when you are young and to keep bones
strong as you get older. Everyone needs calcium, but it is especially important for
women and girls. Many people, including most women, do not get enough calcium.
For women, if you are between the ages of 19 and 50, get 1000 mg of calcium. If
you are 51 and older, take 1200 mg of calcium everyday. Calcium can help prevent
osteoporosis. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 20 men over the age of 65 in the United States
have osteoporosis. Calcium helps to keep your bones strong.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Eddie Liew has been working on a research project using a low
temperature, fan drying technique to safely preserve the quality and taste of food
products for the past 10 years.
According to him, conventional techniques use hot air at 60 degrees Celsius, but the
high temperature tends to damage the pigments in lemon skin. He said other active
ingredients, such as antioxidants, vitamin C and some bioactive compounds and
nutrients could also be very sensitive to high temperature processing.
This is where cool-air drying technology plays a vital role. He said his low-temperature
preservation technique uses a heat-pump system and heat transfer module to generate
a low temperature, low humidity environment to dehydrate bio- origin products.
5. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the above abstract?
A Technology is the best in playing its part.
B Cool-air drying technology to keep food fresh.
C Hot-air method to safely keep food fresh.
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Part 2
Questions 9 to 18
Read the text below and choose the best word for each space.
If you’re looking for a fun and unique way to see the country, travelling in a caravan
(0) ______________________ motorhome is an excellent way to go. In a sense, you get to
take your house with you, and you can (9) ______________________ anywhere you want
along the way. However, before you hit the open road, it’s a wise idea to make a few
preparations.
No matter what kind of vehicle you’re driving, you need to make sure it is roadworthy
before you pull out (10) ______________________ your driveway. Whether you own the
motorhome or renting it, always insist on a pre-trip service and full inspection. Once it
(11) ______________________a clean bill of health, you can pack it up and hit the road with
confidence. The last thing you want is to have your long-anticipated road trip come to a
premature end because of (12) ______________________ maintenance issue.
Consider installing a reversing camera if your motorhome doesn’t have one. It’s a handy
accessory that will make pulling into those tight parking spaces a lot easier and give you
additional (13) ______________________ of mind.
Driving a motorhome is different from driving a car or even a full-sized utility vehicle,
(14) ______________________ that matter. The higher centre of gravity means you need to
take turns wider, and the large size means you’ll need a bigger turning radius. Again,
(15) ______________________ ahead of time can help you get used to handling such a large
vehicle. You will also need to be mindful of the wind speed as you drive. When the winds get
strong, it could cause the vehicle to (16) ______________________ unexpectedly.
Chances are you’ll meet other motorhome drivers (17) ______________________ your
road trip, particularly if you’re travelling down a popular road trip route. If you are all going the
same way, consider (18) ______________________ up with the drivers you meet at
campgrounds, local attractions and restaurants, and forming a motorhome convoy. Travelling
with other drivers is fun, but it can also enhance your sense of safety: a large convoy of
motorhomes will be easier for other drivers to spot.
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0 A and B or C but D with
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Part 3
You are going to read an extract from an article. For questions 19 to 26, choose the correct
answer (A, B, C or D)
Meena is an established baker today. However,her life was never a bed of roses. Her story is a true
rags-to-riches story. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that landed her in the hospital at
the tender age of 26. She was in the hospital for three months being a medical guinea pig. The doctors
were baffled by her physical condition. She was very upset because she had just obtained her Human
Resource degree and now, she was fighting for her life. She had also enrolled in a pastry chef course
before getting sick with the hope of starting her career as a pastry chef. She had mapped out her future
but the odds were against her. She was then caught in a whirlwind of medical complications, infections,
MRIs, tests, seizures, memory loss, stroke, ICU and operations. Her life was fragile and she was unsure
if she would come out of the hospital alive.
Doctors had given up hope on her and she felt so hopeless. However, she and her family members
as well as friends prayed fervently, hoping for a miracle. Suddenly, with God's grace, her health condition
took a turn for the better. She was then in the ICU when the miracle happened. She was feeling hopeless
and depressed and cried out to God to save her. She could feel His presence as she walked with Him
through a very long and dark tunnel. After that turning point, it was a smooth journey to complete
recovery. There were no lingering impairments or the need for ongoing medication. It was indeed a total
recovery! Her recovery gave her hope to continue living. Her top priority was to complete her pastry
course. She was an excellent pastry chef and was offered to design new desserts for the large hospitality
franchise that she worked for. This was prior to her hospital fiasco. However, she was left in a lurch as
her employer was not keen on having an employee who was sickly and had a stroke and seizures. To
make matters worse, her fiancé, now husband, had lost his job.
They were planning to start life afresh but now everything was bleak as they had no money. Life was
miserable as she was skinny, semi-bald, broke, jobless, and living in a moth-infested apartment She
began working at random jobs trying to make ends meet. It was very challenging for her especially as
she was still at the recovery stage. However, she was determined to set her life right. She wanted a safe
and secure job which paid her bill and gave her the sense of stability that she needed. However, the odds
did not deter her as she had faith in God and strongly believed that He would help her.
Soon enough, things began to look better for her when she received a call from her friend who wanted
her to bake a cake with sugar figurines for their wedding anniversary. The sugar figurines her friend was
referring to was none other than fondant icing, she had no experience at all in making fondant icing and
decorating cakes using this type of icing. However, that night, she taught herself how to make steam
fondant and decorated the cake.It was her first attempt, and it was brilliant! Her friend was so impressed
and paid her handsomely for the cake. This was the turning point in her career. She thoroughly enjoyed
baking the cake and handcrafting it into a beautiful piece of art. She was also swept off by the
encouraging feedback from friends and acquaintances on the beautiful cake. It tasted as pretty as it
looked.
It was then that she realised that she didn't want just any job. She didn't want to work for people who
underappreciated her work. She wanted to spend her time doing what she likes best - to create and bake
impressive cakes. She was comfortable working from home at her own pace rather than being dictated
by others. Today, she's the proud owner of Crazepop Cake School. She is living her dream with that first
sugar figurine cake. She works every day as a creative entrepreneur and teaches passionate like-minded
bakers.
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19. Meena was suffering from
A stroke
B memory loss
C seizures and infections
D an autoimmune condition
20. In paragraph 1, Meena had mapped out her future but the odds were against her. The best
proverb to describe this is
A man proposes, God disposes
B keep the nose to the grindstone
C out of the frying pan into the fire
D When the going gets tough, the tough gets going
22. Which of the following phrases tells us that doctors were not able to diagnose her medical
condition?
A her life was fragile
B being a medical guinea pig
C baffled by her physical condition
D whirlwind of medical complications
23. Her big break into the creative cake designing industry came along when
A she embarked on fondant icing
B she and her fiancée were jobless
C she was given a tinkle by an acquaintance
D she had to live in a moth-infested apartment
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Part 4
Questions 27 to 32
Read an article on durian. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the
sentences A to H the one which fits each gap (27 to 32). There are two extra sentences which
you do not need to use.
Malaysia and her neighbours are blessed with a climate which favours the generous
growth of various types of fruits- rambutans, mangosteens, langsats, jackfruits and a host of
others. Among these, durian is undoubtedly the most popular and the most expensive too.
named king of fruits due to its rich sweet creamy delicious taste with strong distinctive odour.
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A.R A.R Wallce, in his book entitled The Malay Archipelago, has this to say: “….. to
eat durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience.” But save for a minority
of Europeans born with special palate, most of them detest the smell of durians, which they liken
to rotten onions.
The tree has oblong tapering rounded at the base, and yellowish green flowers borne
along the older branches. A durian tree starts to bear fruits after five years of age and it can bear
fruits twice a year. 29 The fruit is large, about the size of a ruby ball. Its colour varies
from olive green to yellow. The hard, outer shell is covered in thorns, whose shape and size
differs depending on the type. When ripe, the custard-like-flesh inside can be sweet and creamy.
However, the durian’s distinctive smell has made the fruit a polarising delicacy.
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Hshshgggfs Durians are usually eaten raw, but Malays like to boil pulp with sugar, making
‘lempok’ which means sweetened durian paste. 31 Most people prefer to eat durians
inside. Each compartment contains a few seeds and each seed is covered with a layer of pulp.
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It is the pulp that is eaten. At the height of the durian season, durians are sold in markets and at
roadside stalls. Everywhere durian lovers look for the kind of fruit to suit their taste.
A Its outer rind is thick and covered with sharp thorns, giving rise to the Malay name 'durian'
which literally means 'thorny fruit’.
B An expert person opening a durian looks for faint grooves amid the thorns and using a
long knife, carefully slits along these lines of weakness.
C The fruit is not plucked off the tree but is left to fall when it ripens.
D At a certain extent, some people vomit when they smell its scent.
G The pulp can also be used to make durian cake and durian jam, and to provide flavour
for ice cream.
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Part 5
Questions 33 to 40
We interviewed six individuals about their hobbies and leisure. Read the texts below and
answer the questions that follow.
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Questions 33 to 36
Which paragraph (A-F) describes the following about descriptions about hobbies and leisure.
Statements Paragraph
33. It’s entertaining and I gain basic survival skill too. _________
Questions 37 to 40
Using the words from the texts, complete the summary below. Choose no more than one
word for each blank.
We all know that hobbies and leisure are important to us. Hobbies are rejuvenating and
(37)__________, even when our lives are going through some disappointing phase. While
others have been able to harness the power of their hobbies and converted them to money
making ventures, many of us are just contented with the (38)_________ and satisfaction we
derive from them. Apart from that, one can learn how to live in the (39)_________ today through
their favourite activities. All in all, hobbies and leisure play a crucial role to help one to
(40)_________ into a better individual.
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