The text below is about sleep.

Question 1

Read the text below. There are grammatical errors in the text. The errors have been underlined for
you.

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.

Research had shown that a short night’s sleep tends to make people e.g. have

eat more and choose foods which is higher in fat and sugar. The (a) ____________

solution, according to a new study for Sweden, is to get off the couch (b) ____________

and start exercising. Yes, even when you are feeling tired and had very (c) ____________

low motivation to do it. Exercising when your do not have enough sleep (d) ____________

could be a way to fight off junk food cravings, says the researchers. (e) ____________

Sleep plays an important role in maintaining a health weight. In fact, it is (f) _____________

often an overlooked factor of weight loss plans, and wrongly so. (g) ____________

Previous studies have link chronic lack of sleep to an increased risk of (h) ____________

being overweight or obese. Sleep deprivation cause people to be less (i) _____________

active and snack more, as it stimulates cravings of high-fat or high- (j) _____________

carbohydrate foods.

Question 2
Read the following text. Then, answer questions (a)-(j).

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. When he was
seven, his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan. He loved to read especially about
the world outside of Port Huron. Edison lived there until he struck out on his own at
the age of sixteen. That was his first step to becoming a great inventor.

Edison was also a business entrepreneur with over 1,000 patents in his name. He
employed several machinists to help develop, build and test his inventions. Many of
his inventions were the fruits of group efforts in his large invention laboratory. He
had also started many companies including General Electric.

The phonograph was the first major invention by Thomas Edison which had
made him famous. It was the first machine that was able to record and playback
sound. One of his renowned inventions was the light bulb. Edison was not the one
who invented the first light bulb, but he made the first electrical light bulb, of which
has been used and manufactured up until today. Another invention of his in the list
was the motion picture. He contributed a lot in the creation of the motion picture
camera and helped in the progress of practical effect movies which include a few
actions of gunfire, fire and explosions.

Questions (a)-(j)
Using the information from the text, complete the following graphic organiser.

Place of birth: He loved to read about:

(a) _______________ (d) __________________

Date of birth: He was:

Thomas
Edison (b) _______________ (e) an_________________

2 (f) a _________________
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 When he was young, he
used to live at:

(c) _________________ He started a company

called:

(g) __________________

His most famous inventions

were:

(h) __________________
(i) ___________________
(j) ___________________

Question 3

Read the travel brochure below. Then, answer questions (a)- (j).

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Questions (a)- (d): Based on the travel brochure, state whether the following statements are
TRUE or FALSE.

(a) Johor is at the North of Peninsular Malaysia. _______________

(b) Mount Kinabalu is located in Sabah. _______________

(c) Lions and deer live in Taman Negara. _______________

(d) The giant leatherback turtle would lay its eggs in Rantau Abang. _______________

Questions (e)- (i): Read the travel brochure carefully and answer the questions below.
(e) Which state has a theme park?
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(f) Which state is located on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia?

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(g) Fill in the table with an appropriate word from the travel brochure.
Meaning Word
(i) connected or joined physically

(ii) the land along a coast

(h) Why is Kota Kinabalu City Mosque known as The Floating Mosque?

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(i) Why do you think the hill stations in Pahang are refreshingly cool?

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(j) You plan to visit one of the states in the travel brochure with your cousin. In about 50 words,
write an e-email to your cousin. In your e-mail:
 Encourage him/her to join you
 Give reasons to support your choice
To :

From :

Subject :

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Question 4

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Read the poem below carefully. Then, answer questions (a) - (d).

News Break

Now why so loving, darling,

And why the sudden kiss?
You’d help me with some little jobs?
For goodness sake, what’s this?

Your face is clean for once, dear.

Your clothes without a crease.
You saved your luncheon money?
Will wonders never crease?

No dropping of your school books,

No shrieking, childish treble.
Today you are a lamb, love,
Where yesterday a rebel.

Max Fatchen

(a) How did the child want to help his mother?

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(b) What did the child do to his face?

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(c) In which line of the poem does it state that the child misbehaved the previous day?
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(d) Now why so loving, darling,

And why the sudden kiss?
Why do you think the mother was surprised when her child was being loving?
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