Paper 2

SPM 2006 BAHASA INGGERIS K2 'fwo hours and fifteen minutes

7'htr' (lrft'.tlio/t papcr utnsi''/s of'lbur .sulion.; Section A. Section B. Section C rzzrrl Section D.
ot up/ttt/tr. Yot, ctrr,tr/t i<, rl
-1n,suv'r all ;etl\ons. Qucstittns inSection A na.v huue cilht'rthtee four
C cad 35
1o spentl 2'.t ttrittrtle.s rtrt Section A.. 25 ninult's orz Section B' 50 ninults ott Section I
tn//tu/!,t o/t Section D.

Scction,A.
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t a g l
,\ poor bol nccrleclrl1one\'to paY lbr.his sr:hoollbcs. So. hc sold r:akes fronr hottse to housi'.
onc ttnr.. hc f,,lr vt,r'. thirst1'. lle askert lirr a d|ink hrim a \'o!mg \\'oman. sht'olfercd
a s s of n r i l k .
hillr
' H o w l l l l r c l t m o n e l c l o I o w e ! o u ' l ' s h t ' a s k e t l . Y c i t td o n t o r v e n t e l r n l t h i l l g . "
. [ ' h c b o r . t h a n k e d h c r . \ i ' a r s ] a t e r . t h a t \ ! u n g w o m a n ] t c c i t n t ev e L t i l l r r n d h a d t o
she rcplierl.
got hei'
see a spct:ialist rvho rer:ognizccll.re,r.He rrierl his vcn bcst to savc her lif'e. whcn sher
bill. she was shockt,tl t o l c a d t h c s e w o r d s . . . I ' a i d i n l i r l l w i t h o n c g l t r s s o f m i l k . '

l,'nrm the cxtract. wc know that the poor bov

A sold cakes ibr a living C grcw rLp t0 be a specialist
B paid lirr the g l a s s ol rrrilk D owe(l the wolttan some moll('l

[nr. a;a .'ou havca -,-,1 \

timc in Langkawil
f _f- -)
\*", n *"" -irt* lr","dt.'t 1"- I
\ u'r' arrivetl. Ilut then 1t st(4)l)cd ]
latet in thc alternoon. We hacl a
u , ' r . l , r l i r l l i ' r t i c . u nr h r ' .l " ' : r 'h T h '
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\\, rrlhpr $jr: c"ul ind lll, .tlll:r'l
t h c b t ' s tt h a t I h a d . ] " . . " " " . ,
fwas I

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F r o m t b c c l i a l o g r t ca b o v e . r v c k n o u ' t h a t J o c h a d
A a miscrablc tintc
R atr annofing time
C an er.rjol'able'timc
D a cotnfortable timi:

spot check at the C h a r m a

[Y.,"t".,1,,t, thc local trade ilnd consur]ter enfolc e'llent Tcam uradc a
melket in Scntosa ancl listcncd to the complaints tnade b1'thc tradcrs'
R\'I2 per
Thev clainrcri that thcir supplicrs had t'aised thc price of sotut' r'egcttrblcs br'
kilo.'l'his lcft tirt'ttt u'ith no t:hoice brtt to make constlnlers par'1br the increase'

llascd on thc (:xtra(rt ilbove. t h c t r a d e r s h a d t r r

A spend morc to buv sotttc v c g c t a b l e s
I i c o l l c c t m o t ( ' t o s t o p t h c spot cht'cks
f' c<rmplaitt llol'e to \\'orrt thc corrstttltcts
D l i s t e n m o r ( ' t o a s s l s t t h e enfot'cemcnt t('tlm

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hert' r'asn t much wor.k for us to do: cither that or we lacked thc cxpertise. In the encl.nrost
: us just hung around and starcd at thc intcresting hospital equipncnt. One thins we did
I
,)n D. ::lrrnagc to do was to talk to the patients arld lo lietp thcnt contpoT/.1,.
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I'hc phrase 1o /tee7tl/tt,m cotzrpttnt in thc c\tract above lneitns
-\ pertbrming togcther C spending tinte togethcr.
13 rvorking together D having a business rnccting togethl,f

i .cfi'r t. thc article on the construction of a ne*, man made wctiand in Sclangor. I t'r,el it
' rl \lilste to spcnd so much monev rvhcn there are so nran! other niltural q.ctlands
in oLrr.
'Lrntrr'. Wouldn't it be botter to mtrke r.rsetil ther natural wctlnnds? Creraring a man-ntlcft'
. , . , . t l a n crlv i i i d ( , s t r o l ' t h e n r t u r a l c n v i r o n m c n t .
ri D t
)9.
Ito In the cxtract of the lettcr aboyt.. f'he CzTz:r,rz
suggests that we
h e.r -\ spend monev crcating ncw wetlands
B support thc building of wetlands in Selangor
f cor)stru(t u'ctlands to carc for our cnvironrncnt
D devclop tht, natural wetlands found in our (ountrv

TIMI]S STORE
Free hondphones for 5luchr- custorners
H o w : S p c n d m o r e t h a n R \ 1 2 ; i 0i n a s i n g l er c c e i p l
and get a chanceto take part in thc luckl drarv.

Purthoses ul lhe suqx'rmor/iel ttnd p/torurztt clre nol inclutled

I:jrrst'don thc notice abovc, custonters mav wln il Ii-ee handphone if ther.
-\ takc part in the luckv draw C make purchases in the pharmacv
B spend R\{250 in one rcccipt D bccome 'l'imes Store flardmembels

l ht litlhtu'|ng is a .s.t'ttop.rlso/ o hook.

TUAN JACK 'l'hc book

BY ROLAND TAN is about
A thc journ.r' to rhe l.last
B t h e s t r u g g l et i r l i n d e p e n c l e n c c
Tuan.Jack is an Cnglish
C tht,sran h fbr prc,rvar fortune
.ilt'ma
rubber planter in \'Iunr.
.lohort'. flc lt'avcs hotrc for. D the lili,ol an llnglish rubbcr
pltnter
ll per the cxotic llast in scarch of
his {brtLrnebefolr. \\torld \\'a l
2..\ller thc uar. ht'hclps tht'
lrx als to gain indi'pt'nclenco
from the Brit ish.

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 to br'rrutilr thP tu\\11\\ rth lrrltrrrel
As Rawang is growrng tast. nrore efforts shoulcl be takcn
rcsoutccs instead ol plnstic trtles'
art'sittrplv not attractive So' please
-not trccs do t.rothelp rmprove thc t'nvironmcnt antl
l'lastic \.ur
prrhlic funds'
do Ra*a,.,g wiih f,,kc palm trees' Jt is a waste of -J
"poil
,tl./r Mnktv,sitt

hrs
8 N{r \'Ialar sia wtitt:s to the neu'sPaPcr to cxPrcss
C s1-mPathv
A concern
D ' t r " pi ' i " n
R ctlrtosrtY

Questions I 15 ort batttd on lht fe.'llouing passogt:

nren rlith loug u hitc beards sittitrg

A woman camc otlt ol hcr house itnd s:tw thrce olcl
on inviting thcnl into hcr housc'
in her lrcint yard. She did not recognizc thcm but insisted
togethcr' I am Lovc
Onc of the mcn. 9 up and saitl to her. "We do not go into a house
'fhesc arc rly frientls. Wealth ancl Sucrress" Then hc saicl to l0 woman" Go in and discr'rss

to invitc into vour house-'

with vour husband whicb onc ol tts trrtt rvoultl like

Attermuchll.thehushlrnclfinalll.clccicleclthatthevsholrldinvitel,ovcirrsothatthe\'

could havc their house fillcd with lovc'

him'
Whcn Lovc startcrl 12 into the hor'rse,the other trvo men also got up antl folkrrved
13 arc vou coming in as wcll'l'
Surprisccl. thc woman askerl. l onlv invited Love in
14- Succcss in' thtr two ot us
The uen replied togcthur. iI 1'ou had invitecl Wcalth
gocs we rvill follorv Whercver
woulcl have staled out but 1L 1ou invitecl Lovc' whcrc hc

there is Love. there is alwnvs Wcaith ar.rdSut:cess'

9A stilnd 1 3 A wh!'
B stood B whcn
stan(ls
(_l rvhat
t_l
D s t an d i n g
14 A anrl
10 A ts but
B il 11 c OI

(.; thc
15A since
1 1 A approval B although
B d iscr.rssion C thercforc
L] cillculation D clespitc
D determlrlatron

12 A walk
B rvalks
u alkecl
D u alking

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tfal Section Il
[10 nctt /,.s]

Q u e s t i o n s1 6 - 2 b
l. .tl llte odt.\,rll,tu rnl hc/ott. r,orc/tt11r.7htn,
tr.tnTtlt,ft, the tltogrant lfiol /olhrt.,.

CARNTVAL CRAA/
AT DATARAN 5URIA
organizedby The Ministry of youth ond Sports

A speciorcornivorwi be herdfrom 10.00-o.m. to 6.oo p.m.ot DotoronSurio.rt offers

ofs of fun, gomes,food ond entertainmentfor the
whoile'+am,ty.
There arz mogicshows,rock climbingond o specicl p.o"onr"
'rom The Resorf -unigue op by the Funtosio610up
worrd.witnessorsoo showcos ^oo."n donce- c combinotion
:f gymnostics with ocroboticstunts in o donce. "'olf

A fun-filled cornivclnot to be missed!!l

Seeyou Sundoy,8Decamber ot DoioronSurio

Win o cor in thc Lucky Drow

Sponsors
Skit,.Iuict, ('hoki Lr la
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Entertainlnent

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 Section C
l2't norhsl
questions 26 - ll orc brtsed on lht lrlktu rtt;1 possctgt,.

l,ittlc did Kumar'. 31).1r'.' l)r,rror-ilr'gc knorv that

the jackfrurt tree he prantccl 1.i 'r:trr.s
. g J ' u " o u l d s a v c h i s l i f ' c , n c r l a r ' .w h e . t h e s k v c r a r k e r c , c r , , " , 1
th..,r,"],,;i., ."i. i;ii ,i',,,
dLrr'.he. likt, most Sr.i Larkans.. was 't h,me
enjol.ing his public h.Ji.ar.. fh" ,:itt"g,.,..
b"": givcn a w.r'ing bl the 'eteor.logicni il,'p,irtm,'t
l:td. months befbre the l'roods
hit but few pal-att(,nti()n t0 [.

When the rain cantc. the lvatcr. lcvel went up threc

mctr.es within an hour. Kumar onlr.
had timc to savc intportant documents and i fcw
things. He was also trl,ing to savc thc
.n11.'r'efrigeral.r his tirmill h'tl cvc..wnecl {r,m
tr";,ri"."pt.wa}.. but the current was
t'erv str.ng. ln his ltt.'pt hc almost lost his lifc io thc Delwrila river..,It t..k
rlorvns-trcaman. I quickl' clung o.to thc j.ckrruit mc
trec wh'e ml friend tt,."* ,r .of" 10
t o n e l r o m t h c o t h c r . i a c k r r u i t t r c e r . ' s a i dK u m a r .
a n ' r m v o r l i c c r . l , ' u r t h c r d o n , nt h c r i v c r .
sorne lJuddhist .no.ks 'rescu.c| the .rfrig..r.trrr
untr it has bccn in thc ternplc since.'

Kumar- s house w:rs rrestrol'cd onrv its fo.ntr,ti'n rvns

r-isibrc .n the m.rning wc visitetl
thc villag. of Pebo .s part cif N{c'r* NIararsins
Fk,od irclief missiru. pcbo is one of
ttrc fbrtun.te r.illages: no one cii.rl in thc iioocl.
How.vc.. 1l houscs ,uu.,, 15
dern.lishecl thosc situatcd ncar('st to th. srvift'fr.wing
riv.r beibrt,it b.r.st"onrpl,,t"t"
its banks.
ln adtlitional ,9 houscs wert' b'clrv da'agccl.
man' Jf th,,m b1, lanclsrides from the
surrounding hilrs Ove'night. the temp)e i' I'cbo.
l.i:r r.Lrrlst attractron. becanc
ir retugec carnp Left rvith no shcrter, it w.s the "rlnrn
uatu.al p)a.e lbr the' cornm unit-r.t' ga the r.

ovcr at PellLr'...thcr srn.lr vill:rge. a randsricre, srvcpt arval'ricc liercls,crepriving thrmers 2 0

of thcir livelihood. In addition. 2? houscs *".,,
'l'hcl ,,n ,rrot irrg.tS0 ptlplc honeJcss.
were t:rowdctl together in pour sanitar.t. "*.,1n ".ri
roldru(,ns ,r, ,t.," tLlto viliagc school.
rvartingfbr help. lrosha D'rnalanti..15, was
m a c r eh o . r e r . s s d u e t o t h c I a n t r s l i d c .s h e
sritredat,re carne.a with learrul evcs.s shc
w a s b c i n g i n t e r v i e w c d b v . e p o " t e , r s .S h c
\\,as at a lricnd s ho.s. whc. the Iandslitle ,ccrirr.ecl.
Sh. is norv st.l.lng wtth hcr aunt. 2 5
'l'housands
of lirmilies werc ailected bl the rloods and ranrlsiides. .r.he
dcath toll was high
.rt ?50. (i.m 'ines were danragccl. as . r.esult of
which thc n.rn industrv of the town
(amc to a standstiil. '['he po,r u,cre
macle poofer as the floocl watcrs ancr ]andslicrer
t l c s t r o l ' e dt h e i r m r r d h r u s e s . w i r a t r i t t l c r a n c i t h c l
had *,r",nk"n lrom them. i,r"r;,li;;
t h t ' m i n c s w h e r e t h t , 1 ,w o r k c c i a s l a b o u r e r s .
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\lcrc' Malaysia'steam donatedcrothi.g. such
as uniiirrms. shocsand.ther items trrat
*r're requost.d 'v thc viJlage head. O. the c',r1,.f
the tlistributio.. ne,arb.r',rillage.s ca're
rn la.gc numbers ailer getting ncws ol the rcrief
clIort. It rv.s Nrurcv Nfura;ia.s fir;;
.rssron to Sri L.'k,. F-oods'ch as rico. fl..r
cr.king'il, sugar ancr s,rt rvere distributcd
t, fltrrd and l.ndslidr victims. N,lobilc cli.ics werc
,,p. i:t \,lutinls. nra.,' .t wh.m Bb
t't'r'e sufli'ring from scabies.lrrng and r'1'einfcctions ",,,
w.r.c givcn "mcclical trcatment. x,lcr.r.
- \ l a l . 1 s i a ' st e , m p r e s i d . n t s a i c l , ' w h a f w e h , v c
c l o n ei " , , ' a . " p i . i n .
rrc do because wc believe that q,,1.can bring " . . , . r . ' w , , ' ,peonle.
rr'_ir;,
hopc. soliciaritr. anr.l love to the
(Adapted ftor(t 7he ,gter. 200:])
Iti f r ' , r n tp a t a g r a p h l . l v h c r c w a s K r r m i r r w h t : n t h e r : l t l o t r i c r r r i r r l l l l ?

l1 nor/tl

2 1 l " r ' o n rp a | a g | i t p h 2 .
ta) rvhl' did Kurrar tr1' to save the reli igt'i ntor'?

11.u, t rl'l

(D) how s'as Krtmal savetl frorn bcing swcpt awal bv thc strong (rurr('rlt .)

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28 (a) From paragtaph ll. which place was used as a shc.itet fol thc rcfirgccs'?

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(D) !'rom paragraph .1. how was Dnmatauti aflictcd lrv thc lanclslide?

l'l nrurftl

[rom paragraph S.
(rz) which phrasc sho*'s that thc gctn industtv stopl)ed its operatronl

[L nar/tl

(D) how did thc poor becon'ic pootct.'

Statc two $'avs.

(r) l1 nctrk)

(ir) 11 nur/tl

3 0 From paragraph t i . r l " r ' r ' u t l r i u k l h a t N l t . r u ' N{alavsia's rtntribution was importit nt.'
(iive a reason.

12 norksl

31 llnscd on tht' pirssirgc given. rvrilt' a sLlttlrlal\' olI:

' thc hardships the villaiJt'rs fatrt'clas a result ol tht: f'loods rlnd landslides
' whnt was donc to h<:lp thc'm

Crt'dit lvill bc givetr ltir usc of own lvoi'ds but care' trrtst bc takcn not t() change thc original
mcaning.

Vtttr stttnntart' must

. b e i n c o n t i n u o r r sr v r i t i n g ( r t o t i n n o t c f i ) r l n )
. usc matcrial from line 14 to the end
' not b(' longet than 130 words including the 10 words givcn lrt'lorv

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 Llt'gitr vorrt sunlnlary as firIloll's:
Ihe t il/cry't'rl Pcho u'us olltr.fttl h1 /he //oor/,.; rt.s ..

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Section I)
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32 Reucl lAc potn lttlou qnd ttnsuer l/tt trrtt,:ltons /hul

/o//ctu..

The Road Not Taken

T\",'oroads divclged in :r lellorv zzoo1L

And sorrl l could not travcl both
,\nd be one tlaveler. Jong I stood
]
And ltnkcd down one as f'ar as I coultl
To wherc it l)cnt irr tht, Lrnderglowth;

fhen took the othcr. as just as fair..

.\nd having pcrhaps the bettcr claim.
Ilccause it was grasst aud wantcd u ear';
f h o u g h a s 1 o r t h a t t h e p a s s i t r gt h c r e
Hiltl rl'<trnthcnr rcalll-ilbout the siune,

,\nd both that utorning cqtrnlll luv

In leaves no stelt has trrxlrlcn black.
O l r . I k c p t t h c f i l s t t b r .a n o t h c r c i a l l
Yct knorving how u'il1'leads on ro u,ar'.
I doulrtcd if I shorrld t,r'cr cornt: back.

I shal] be tc]ling this u,ith a sigh

Somewhere r19i,.s and ilges hcncc:
'l\'o
loads divcrgt,rl in a rvood. and I -
I trrolr the one lt,gs lntt'ch,cl hy.
\ r r r l t h r t h r r - m : r , 1 ,: r l i r h , . , l i l l , , r ' , . r r r t . .

Robcrt !'rost

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(rz) Which phrasc in stanza 1 shows that tho travcller wantcd to take both roads?

l7 tttrtrl']

(b) Give the mcanitrg of tht' fiilIrrving rvords:

(i7 uoocl (stanza 1)

11rrurr/l

(ii) rl.1't's(stanza -1)

17narhl

(c) W o u l d v o u t a k c t h e r o a d L'st rr1t.L\/ hl::

l)xplain r ottt i l-totct'.

l) tt ' ttl 'i

lleurl rhc (.\1ro(1l)'ort th? rhort t;lott'The Drover's Wife bchtu und onsu'tr thc q (r/iolt'' //toi

* -r.tt".,**t.
r'r,",r l
"*'rr.''*.T,;
childreu mrtst be brought inside. Sht'will not take
them into thc house. tbr sht' knol's thc snake is
t h c r e a n c lm a v . a t a n v n o m c n t . c o m e l t p t h r o u g h t h e
clacks in the rough. slab llcxrr: so shc i:arrics selvcral
armfrtls of firervood into the kitchcn. nnd tht'n takers
the children there. Thc kitchcn has no floor. or. ratht'r.
an earthen one cal)ed a "grortnd 1loor" in tht'tlctrtle
of the plate. She hrings thc children in antl tnakcs
thcnr get on this table.'l'hel art'trvo trols atrd tn'tr
girls tncre lrabit's. Sht'gives tht n) som(' sltppcr itn(l
t b e n . b c f o r t ' i t g c t s d a r k . s h e g o e si n l o t h e h o r t s ca n d
snatchcs up somc pillot's a nd hedclrthcs - tlxpcct ir.rg
to see ot lav on the snakc at at-rvnlintttc She makes
a bcd on the kitchcn table tbr the trhildren. ancl sits
down br:sicleit to wat(rh all night

(a) Whcrc is the snakc?

ll nui:l

( l ) W h a t t w o i t c m s does tht'Drover's Wife get for thr: childlcn lrefbre it is dark'l

(r) lI norhl

( ii ) 11nttrkl

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 l)o lrru admire the actions of the mother?
Give reason for vour answer.
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tnarkl l) nttrl.l
fht litl/ucing are the norels ,'ludied in l/te /tlt,ntture r:ontllonen/ in Eng/is/t Lon.gutt,4c.
) /r1Q/til Jung)e of Hope
I'he Pcarl .JohnSteinbeck
The Rcturn K.S.Ilaniam
( hno.se ony t\\,o
of /he noue/s ohoct: {.rnr/
o4.s71:6,7.
lhe qtte.stion bt lou,,.

ll;xl',i:",ffi:',::iT,':xl
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Jil":.JtnT:TiT".
ttr/:.
' iomc, rnstances "tH:l
that show the character,s tletcrmination
!t..- ' how tho
determination affects his/her
familv

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ntor*l

nar/;l

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