SECTION A

(10 marks)
(Time suggested: 15 minutes)
Answer all questions in this paper.
The text below is about Chap Goh Mei.
Question 1
Read the text below. There are grammatical errors in the text. The errors have been
underlined for you. The first and last lines are correct.
Write one word to correct the error in the space provided. An example has
been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the sentence.
There are no spelling and punctuation errors in this text.

A popular festival among the Chinese in Penang is the Chap

Goh Mei celebration. Chap Goh Mei in Mandarin is called Yuan
Xiao, but in the traditional Hokkien dialect, Chap Goh Mei e.g.
meaning the 15th night of Chinese New Year. This celebration means_____
marks the end of the Chinese New Year. At the night of Chap (a)
Goh Mei, most houses are bright decorated with lights and _________________
lanterns. Prayers to the ancestors are also offered. The two (b)
activity most commonly related to the Chap Goh Mei celebration _________________
in Penang is the Dondang Sayang and the orange-throwing (c)
ceremony. The Dondang Sayang fills the air, added colour to this _________________
celebration. In the past, eligible young ladies would threw (d)
oranges into the sea as a gesture of hope to wed good _________________
husbands. This tradition of orange throwing is still kept alive in
modern times but with a twist. The orange-throwing tradition (e)
has transforming into a competition where boys in boats would _________________
scoop off the oranges thrown by girls at the Esplanade. The boat (f)
with the mostly oranges would be declared the winner. This is _________________

also a very exciting competition to be watched.

(g)
_________________
(h)
_________________
(i)
_________________
(j)
_________________

(10 marks)
SECTION B
(30 marks)
(Time suggested: 40 minutes)
Question 2
Read the following text. Then, answer questions (a) (j).
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on
March

3, 1847. When he was only eleven years old, he invented a

machine that could clean wheat. Bell studied anatomy and
physiology at the University of London, but moved with

his

family to Quebec, Canada in 1870.

Bell soon moved to Boston, Massachusetts. In 1871, he

began working with deaf people and published the system
of Visible Hearing that was developed by his father. Visible Hearing showed how the
tongue, lips, and throat are used to produce vocal sounds. In 1872, Bell founded a
school for the deaf which soon became part of Boston University.

Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone. While
trying to discover the secret to transmitting multiple messages on a single wire, Bell
heard the sound of a plucked string along some of the electrical wire. One of Bells
assistants, Thomas A. Watson was trying to reactivate a telephone transmitter. After
hearing the sound, Bell believed he could send the sound of a human voice over the
wire. Then, he successfully transmitted human speech on March 10th.

Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922. On the day of his burial, in
honor of Bell, all telephone service in the U.S. was stopped for one minute.

Questions (a) (j)

Using the information from the text, complete the following graphic organiser.

In honor of Bells burial:

(j) _______________________

_______________________
___________________

Field of study in University of

London:
(a) ___________________________
____

Inventions and publication:

(c) __________________________
Visible hearing showed how
vocal sounds are produced by:

__________________________
__________________
(d)__________________________

(g)_________________________
Passed away on:
__________________________
_________
(h)_________________________
(f) __________________________ __________________
(e) __________________________
_________
_________

(10 marks)