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ENGLISH HOMEWORK
EXERCISE 1
Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

Look at the sky at night. How many stars can you see? ___1___ say that we can see about
2500 stars with the naked eye. But of course we can see more if we use a pair of ___ 2___
or a telescope. In fact, we can see billions of stars ___3___ a powerful telescope.
What are these stars? Our ___4___ is a star; all the stars are actually suns. The sun
___5___ much bigger than the other stars because of its distance. It may be the nearest
start ___6___ the earth, but it is actually 150 million kilometres from us. It takes eight
minutes for the light from the sun to ___7___ us.
The surface temperature of the sun is 6000 oC, but its ___8___ is very, very much higher. It
is thought that the centre has a ___9___ of 14000000 oC. Many of the stars are ___10___
than the sun and have surface temperatures reaching 10000 oC ___11___ the coolest one is
close to 2600 oC.
It is interesting ___12___ note that the stars have various colours; blue, white red, orange or
yellow. The hottest stars are blue ___13___ the coolest are red. The brightest star in the sky
is Sirius which is a white star

1. (A) Astrologers

8. (A) middle

(B) Astronomers

(B) circumference

(C) Scientists

(C) centre

(D) Physicists

(D) radius

2. (A) microscope

9. (A) temperature

(B) camera

(B) hotness

(C) binoculars

(C) heat

(D) periscope

(D) degree

3. (A) by

10. (A) hot

(B) in

(B) hotter

(C) among

(C) hottest

(D) with

(D) warmer

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4. (A) planet

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11. (A) when

(B) universe

(B) which

(C) moon

(C) with

(D) sun

(D) while

5. (A) gets

12. (A) to

(B) seems

(B) in

(C) becomes

(C) by

(D) turns

(D) take

6. (A) from

13. (A) and

(B) by

(B) so

(C) to

(C) when

(D) in

(D) therefore

7. (A) join
(B) get
(C) come
(D) reach

EXERCISE 2
Answer the questions based on the text below.
1

Many of us have books at home. These books can range from reference
books to encyclopedias, journals, magazines or even fiction books. However, we
lack the knowledge to convert these books into a home library. The books are
normally stacked in boxes and left in the attics or storerooms to collect dust.

What is a home library? A home library is a little area of space in a corner 5

of a home or even a small room where we can place all our reading materials,
references and electronic resources. A home library can be turned into a cosy

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room of references by the family members. Here, the family may run activities that
are related to reading such as games like Scrabble, chess, word puzzles and
crossword puzzles.
3

Normally, a home library contains printed and non-printed reading 10

materials. Materials such as reading tools can also be placed in the home library.
Some examples of such reading materials are the dictionaries, atlas,
encyclopedias, manuals on bikes or cars, recipes or even telephone directories.

In addition, it is good to add in some light reading materials or viewing

materials in the home library. There are a vast collection of novels, picture books,
magazines, family photo albums and articles that can be collected by the family
members for reference. Other added collections to the home library are
videotapes, cassettes, CD-ROMs, board games and even brochures.

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Most people do not realize that having a home library is beneficial. A home
library can help to foster a long-life love for reading among the family members. 20
Children can be given the opportunity to be exposed to reading books at a young
age. Indirectly, the young readers can be inculcated with the love for reading.
Reading can be made as one of the activities for the family members. The parents
can guide the children to read books and at the same time, foster good family
relationships. Children can also be fostered to adopt a positive attitude to 25
appreciate reading materials and knowledge that can be of value to them. In the
long run, the family members can develop their reading process. A home library
enables the family members to read materials within the confines of their own
homes. The materials can be easily accessed at any time. Moreover, the reading
activities can be carried out to improve the thinking skills of family members.
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There are many activities that one can carry out in a home library. In this
little library of knowledge, one can test the family members on a skill of chess,
Scrabble or the Malay strategic game called congkak. In this small corner of a
room, one can also teach the family members to make some handicrafts like
origami. A family can also sit together to test their command of vocabulary through
Scrabble, a crossword puzzle and a list of other board games. There are also
games that challenge the mind that can be stored in this home library. One
example is the Sahibba.

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To make the home library a good resource centre for family members and
even friends, one example is to get the help of the state public library 40
management on ways to manage and run the home library. Some bookshelves
will be needed to make the place presentable. Another way is to arrange the
books according to the types and interests.

It is easy to set up a home library. Get your home organized and have a
corner of your room or even a special room to get this place started. You may be
surprised that your family members will actually need such a room.

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1 From paragraph 2,
(a) what is a home library?
____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
(b) which word in this paragraph has the same meaning as the word comfortable?
____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

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2 From paragraph 2, what kind of games are related to reading? List two kinds.
(a) _____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
(b) _____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
3 From paragraph 3, list two materials that can be found in a home library.
(a) _____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
(b) _____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
4 From paragraph 5, state two advantages of having a home library.
(a) _____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
(b) _____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
5 From paragraph 7,
(a) where can one get help to run a home library?
_____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
(b) explain the meaning of the word presentable.
_____________________________________________________________ [1 mark]
6 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

what is a home library

the benefits of having a home library

Credit will be given for use of own words but care must be taken not to change the original
meaning.
Your summary must:

be in continuous writing form (not in note form)

use materials from lines 5 to 33

not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below
Begin your summary as follows:

Having
important

a
in

home
every

library
family

is
for

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WRONG IS WRONG even if everyone is doing it,

RIGHT IS RIGHT even if only you are doing it

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