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teacher.

Road Safety
Why think of road ................... at all? It is because of the accidents
that ......................... everyday on the road, in which all ...................
of
.........................
and
................................
and
even
animal
are ............................ These accidents mean ..................... of life and loss
of .............................. and more often than not ................................ to
traffic. In this age of speed and ................................... vehicles and with
the .............................. on roads, these ................................ have become
almost
an
everyday
..........................
So
unless
everybody
is .............................. on the............................ of road safety, the loss and
the sorry ............................. cannot be avoided.
................................. is better than ................... This
holds ..................... even in the ....................... of road accidents. Accidents
are ................ to many .................. and may ................. under
different ................................. The........................... but at the same
time ............................... perhaps is people ........................... down on the
road caused by an orange or a banana .................. Without .........................
any harm, quite ................................. a person may ................... away the
orange peel or the banana .................. on the road or the ...........................
When a person, walking ........................, steps on, it he or she will slip down
ending in ........................... of bones and ..................................... even more
dangerous ..................... that. So people must take care they do
not
.....................
the
........................
on
the
road
but
should .......................... them in a ................... In some countries
the .......................... are severely .......................... The second cause of
accident is due to careless ........................... in busy roads. While crossing
one must look to the right and left for moving ........................ and then
cross.
Where there are ..................... crossings on the road for
the .................................. to cross, one should cross ........................ them.
One should keep to the ....................... of the road ............... walking and the
vehicles must keep to their..................... in busy ...........................
In the .................... of accidents .............................. vehicles there
are many ................... One is trying to ............................ and very often
taking ................ .
............................ is wrong ........................... in
crossing. Sometimes it may be not ........................ for the .......................
In .......................... streets accidents may take place in a .................. second
because one does not care for the signal. "Stop, look and go" is the
best ......................; it will .................. vehicles from accidents. But where
one takes a ...................... step, the ....................... is the ............................
accident. .................. riding may be ............................ cause. Riding two or
three .................... is always dangerous. Especially one must

be
.....................
of
this.
.......................
......................
become ....................... of road accidents. But if they just ................... the
helmet as .................... by law they could easily avoid ........................... and
hence .........................
Very ...................... the cause of accidents is the ...................... of the
..................... system which means the ...................... of the vehicle does not
...................... to keep the........................... in good ...........................
By ............................ to the vehicle ............................... a lot
of ................................... could be avoided.

Road safety is a matter of ............................ in which the school can

play a ........................ role. Through ........................., Red Cross
and
......................
education
classes,
........................
can
be
......................the importance of ................................. the rules of the road.
Children must be taught their........................ and ................... are
very .......................... and they must not take risk, ........................... when
leaving the school. As soon as the ................... goes children ............... out
and accidents do happen. Under the .................................. the teachers
must feel it their ................. to ........................... the traffic near the school.
The police can ............................. with the school in this .............................
To make the people road ..........................., the ...................... media can
play a useful ................ The newspaper, the .................. poster and the
cinema and now the TV come in .................. Shots in the cinema or
TV
...................................
the
importance
of
road
safety
can
be ........................... There may be ......................... over the radio by the
police ........................ During ................. hours in crowded....................., the
police may direct the traffic and ask people to keep to their lanes.

Statistics ...................... by the Royal Malaysian

Police .......................... that the highest .............. of deaths and accidents
are .................... those aged 16 and 25 followed ........................ by those
between 26 and 35. Together, they made up for 58.5% of deaths on the
roads. The .............................. covered the period of three years from 2004
to 2006.
The ...................... of road accidents involved
young ...................... ........................... Motorcycles are ................................
to be the most dangerous form of ............................... It is
often ....................... as an ............................ mode of transport. Young
motorcyclists are ................................. the most ................................ on the
roads.
Furthermore, it is also ........................ as a
relatively ......................... and cheaper way of getting ........................... It
takes an ........................... of 30 to 35 minutes to get from one point to

another in the Klang .......................... In ......................... of cost,

motorcyclists spend less than RM18.00 a week. .........................., there is no
need to pay ................., an ..................... bonus and savings.
Besides the factor of the ............................... itself, there is the
young ..................... factor to be considered. They ...................
They
..................
red
lights.
They
..........................
and
perform .................................. lane change. They perform ..................... on
the
roads.
They
get
.................
from
being
.......................
and .................................
It is a common ............................ for the young ...............................
the world to ................................. their road .................. They think
their ....................... actions are .................. and their ........................ skills
are better than most.
Some younger people think they are ............................ They think
nothing will happen to them. It can happen to others but not to
them.
.........................
to
the
older
people,
the
young
are ........................., ..........................., fearless and .................................
Another interesting ..................... to note is that although there is
a .......................... for young road users between 16 to 35 to show highrisk ........................, they also make up a high number of road
users. .......................... there is a higher ............................... of them in
the .................. statistics.
Another factor that is often ....................... is the machine itself. The vehicles
may not be road ..................., being poorly ............................ or
of
......................
quality.
A
further
..........................
is
road
and ....................... conditions, quite ....................... the control of
mere ..........................
The introduction of a new driving .............................. by the Road
Transport ........................ to include ............................ driving skills may
help ...................... accidents and bring about a ........... of mature young
drivers by year end (2007). Wikipedia ..................... defensive driving as a
form of training for motor vehicle drivers that goes beyond
the ........................ of the rules of the road and the basic ........................ of
driving.
It aims to reduce the risk of accidents by ...........................
dangerous situations .................... adverse conditions or the mistakes of
others. Learners learn a ....................... of ......................... rules as well as
the practice of specific driving ......................... Defensive driving skills
are ........................ for both .......................... and ......................... It is hoped
that defensive driving ........................ can help wipe out the ........................
that you are king of the road, you .................. the road once you are behind
the .....................

Overall, Malaysian road users do ................ basic road ......................

Changing the .............. and the .................... may go a long way towards
reducing .................... road accidents.

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teacher.
Write story ending with : ' ... They never expected to be so richly
rewarded."

Der Lun followed his mother to the market as usual. It was a .................... he
enjoyed because the market was such a ..................... place. There was
always something interesting to see.
That day, Der Lun caught ................... of a middle-aged man
with ...................... hair and old clothes. He was a ...................... He held out
a wooden ................... and ......................... dropped in coins. Der Lun's
mother put a small ................... into the bowl as she ................. him by. His
eyes ........................... the mother and son as they set off for home. As Der
Lun and his mother turned into the narrow ................ that led to their house,
he suddenly .................... that the beggar was following them. Der Lun told
his mother about it. ........................., she ........................... her steps and as
soon as they got inside their house, she .................. it. Der Lun .................
out the window and saw the beggar sitting on the ........................ near the
gate. Why did the beggar .............. them? Der Lun ........................ he knew.
After a ...................... of hours, Der Lun's mother
became ............................. for the poor beggar. He had not .....................
from his .................. She ..................... up her ................... and went to ask
the beggar to .................... But the beggar ....................... looked at her with
a .................. smile. ..................... that he would fall ill with no food and
water, she ............... Der Lun to give him a bowl of rice and vegetables and
some tea. The beggar ............ and ................ Then he ............... down under
a
tree
to
sleep.
Der
Luns
mother
was
................................ as to what else to do. She was just a poor ................
with a young son. Since the beggar ....................... to leave, she and Der Lun
................ a little ..................... for him. He seemed .................
with ....................... they gave him.
A week .................. and one day, Der Lun found the
beggar ................. Der Lun and his mother ...................... for him but he was
....................... to be found. Not long after that, a car stopped outside Der
Lun's house and two .......................... men got out. Der Lun and his
mother .................... who they ............... The men ...........................
themselves as ........................
............................. a Mr Cheong.
They .......................... that Mr Cheong wanted to ................. Der Lun and his
mother for ........................ care of him. Mr Cheong was a .............................

who had once been ........................ Now that he was rich, he liked to look for
............................ people to help. He would ...................... himself as a
beggar and when he met someone who was kind to him, he would give that
person a ................ of money.
The sum of money Mr Cheong gave to Der Lun's mother was enough
to make their ............. more .......................... and to give Der Lun
a ............................... education. Der Lun and his mother could
not ............................. their good ....................... They ...................... the
beggar well out of ............................. They never ............................ to be so
richly ...........................

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Describe a frightening experience in your life

It was one of those days, ....................... and ........................ I looked behind me, there
were

.................

................................................

clouds

and

.........................

that ......................... a storm. I looked at the ............................. leaves on the roads and in
the ..................... and ............................. my step home. Rain fell in ..................................
When I ran into the house, the wind was ........................ the window ........................
and .................. the roof. As I ......................... to close the windows, I ............................ at the
sound of the ........................ wind. .........................., there was a loud ................. I jumped
with ................... as the front ........................ were ........................... Rain .................... in. I
quickly pushed the .............................. next to the window to the ...................... corner of the
room.
....................... the street, I saw rain ......................... down like a great .................
and ...................... itself ..................... the town. I stood ............................... and looked out at the
street. Water was ................ so fast and .................... out of the ..................... into the street. Cars
.............................. and ......................, and, ....................... and .................... went on
without ........................... A ........................ traffic jam would build up in just ..........................

Before I could close my ears to the .......................... noise, there came a great .................
The ........... tembusu tree in front of my house had ........................ Another ....................
of .......................... showed the ............................ trees by the side of the street
were ......................... I was ..................... with ....................
I ................. upstairs to my room. It was ..................................... Thunder .......................

and lightning ....................... and there was an ..................... 'Oh no!' I ....................... as
I ................... under the blanket in total ........................., ........................... with .................. and
cold, and waited for my parents to get home. I always had a ....................... of ..................... and
this one showed Nature's ........................
As ......................... as it began, the .................. storm ended. I ................. out of bed and looked
out of the window. The sight left me as ......................... as the ....................... Branches and
tree ................... were ............................ to the left and right of the streets. There were
giant ................. where the trees were ............................. whole from the ..........................
The whole scene .................... me of one of those ........................ movies. It would take all
of us forever to clear the streets, the .................. and the trees. It had been a
most ............................. experience.