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CONTENT
1. EXERCISE 1 DEPRESSION
2. EXERCISE 2 JET LI
3. EXERCISE 3 SUNGAI BATIK
4. EXERCISE 4 CRAB
5. EXERCISE 5 AIR ASIA
6. EXERCISE 6 TEST
7. EXERCISE 7 SICKNESS
8. EXERCISE 9 - HARDSHIP

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 Exercise 1-Depression SECTION C
[15 marks]

Question 31 is based on the following passage.

1 Dont lose yourself, the old, bedridden man said. I was five at the time, and my family was visiting
him. I cant remember his name or how we knew him. But two decades later, his words haunted me
as I struggled to come to terms with my life. For years, I had suffered from depression. The first
incident I can remember happened when I was 14. As I walked home one day, I was overcome with
the urge to sit in a corner and weep. I barely managed to reach our flat before bursting into tears. 5
These overwhelming, unexplained feelings frightened me.

2 By the time I was 16, these outbursts were happening about once a month. Most of the time I lived
my life normally, but then my mind seemed to take a life of its own. Initially they happened for no
reason, but now everything became a reason a frown from a teacher, first prize for an essay, a long
queue at a canteen stall. It didnt matter whether the incidents were happy, sad or indifferent, all 10
would be twisted by my mind into something horrible.

3 One incident I recall vividly was a call from a friend. After we chatted for a while, she said she had
to go because her mum was calling her. I spent the next two days agonising over whether she had
hung up because she hated me. A little voice in my mind kept telling me how worthless, hopeless and
stupid I was. I kept this a secret because I was scared and perplexed. I remember once trying to explain 15
to my friend Alice, what was happening to me but I couldnt find the right words to express myself
and eventually gave up.

4 Not that my friends were completely unaware of my problems. More than once they tried to talk to
me about my difficult home life. My father subjected my two younger sisters and me to terrible verbal
abuse and my mother did little to support us. I now realise my family problems were a major factor 20
in my depression, but at the time I denied anything was wrong.

5 When I was 17, I concluded that the only way to stop my suffering was simply not to feel anything.
This wasnt difficult because I was overwhelmed with my studies, two part-time jobs and looking
after my sisters. I had no time to think, much less feel. At first the numbness was a huge relief from
the mood swings, but it wasnt long before I realised that there was a vast emptiness in my heart. I 25
could feel no emotions. It got to a point where I would cut myself just to feel something.

6 I had become afraid of being by myself. I felt as if I was being chased by a black hole that would
swallow me whole. Finally, when I was 25, I decided that I had to end my life. Fortunately, I never
got the chance. That night, I bumped into my 16-year-old sister Isabella outside my room. Her eyes
were swollen and she was sobbing. I dont know why. I cant make the crying go away, she said. 30
I was horrified. I knew that depression could be hereditary. This incident jolted me to my senses.
The desire to help Isabella prompted me to help myself.

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7 I called my best friend Kath. I told her everything and on her insistence I visited a Family Service
Centre and arranged to start counselling. I also joined a support group and started reading self-help
books. More important, I made a decision to get out of depression. I forced myself to make new 35
friends. I also convinced Isabella to start counselling and made her come out with my friends and I
instead of being cooped up at home. Today, two years later, she is much better. She is taking a
preuniversity course and has a circle of supportive friends.

8 Depression is neither a choice nor a bad mood you can snap out of. It is an illness with an underlying
cause. But no matter how much other people try to help, only the victims can help themselves get 40
better. My depressive bouts havent disappeared, but they are less frequent and less intense. It has not
been easy to share my feelings, but its getting easier all the time. And the best part is, I have been
able to help Isabella. I did lose myself, but I managed to find myself again.

Adapted from: http://www.rdasia.com/finding-myself

31 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

the problems faced by the writer when she was depressed

Your summary must

be in continuous writing (not in note form)
use materials from lines 4 32
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

When I was 14, as I walked home one day.

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Exercise 2-Jet Li Section C
[15 marks]

The passage below describes how the 2004 tsunami changed Jet Lis life forever and
how he wants to change the world now.

1 As he struggled to keep his four-year-old daughter Jane above the surging

water, Jet Li shouted for someone to help his nanny, who was holding his one
year-old daughter, Jada. This was no action movie. Like many people across
Asia, Li was caught up in the real-life horror of the devastating tsunami that hit us
On 26 December, 2004. 5

2 It all began when the Chinese kung fu movie star came to the Maldives for a
holiday with his wife Nina, two young daughters and nanny. Just after ten that
Sunday morning, he had been standing by the pool at the Four Seasons Hotel,
ready to take his two excited little girls into the sea.

3 Then he noticed the water rising with terrifying speed. By the time he and the 10
nanny had picked up Jane and Jada and turned to head back to the hotel, the
water had reached their feet. Within seconds it rose to his waist, then his chin. In
the ensuing chaos, Li grabbed Jane but lost his grip on Jada and the nanny. As
they were all swept towards the hotel, he cried out for help. Four bystanders
jumped into the water and saved the little girl and the nanny. 15

4 When it was all over, his family and other hotel guests were forced to sleep in
the lobby due to electricity failure. It was then that Li sat up and reflected on what
had happened. Up to then, I had spent the first 41 years of my life thinking of Jet
Li : Jet Li number one. But now I thought, however powerful, however famous, in
that moment it cannot help you. I thought about my life and what I wanted to do. 20

5 In the time between the tsunami and the Sichuan earthquake back in China, Jet
Li transformed his life, dedicating much of his time to helping the victims of
disaster and the less fortunate. Rather than just donate money, he set out to create
an organisation that would make a genuine difference and draw upon the power of
individuals around the world. 25

6 Following his ordeal, in the Maldives, Li returned home to Hong Kong and
swung into action. After the tsunami, Li told his wife, I have to do something
right away. Thats how the One Foundation was born, he said. In January 2005,
he donated a large amount of money to the victims of the tsunami and used
another large sum to start a foundation. 30

7 During his free time, he spoke with academics around the world and spent time

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 at philanthropic organisations, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, to learn what
makes a successful non-government organisation (NGO).

8 The idea behind One Foundation is simple : think big by thinking small.
Starting in China, Li has set out to raise one yuan (15 cents) from every person 35
each month. He likens it to one big family helping each other out. He said, I
believe helping each other starts with the individuals. It is everybodys
responsibility to give. If everyone gives one yuan every month, it will add up to
billions of dollars. To make that idea a reality, One Foundation has also teamed
up with the corporate sector. 40

9 In just 18 months, the foundation has raised nearly $16 million, proving the
power of Lis simple idea. It has helped a number of disaster relief efforts,
including the Yunnan Puer earthquake and the snowstorms that paralysed much of
southern China in early 2008. One Foundation has also been involved in long-term
projects, such as Sunshine In Your Heart - a programme that promotes mental 45
health education and consultation centres in Chinese schools, and organises
seminars and courses in universities around China.

10 Li has big aspirations for One Foundation , and is already looking beyond
China. It is registered in Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Singapore, and more plans
are underway to open an office in Taiwan. At the same time, he remains realistic 50
about how much the foundation can achieve. I think it will take at least two
generations, maybe 30 years, to change peoples minds, for them to believe, Yes,
I have a responsibility.

11 Even though some people have questioned why Li is doing this, he refuses to
give in to doubt or regret. He always replies , I spent the first ten years of my life 55
learning martial arts, then 25 years making movies. Now Im starting my third
career.

(Adapted from Readers Digest, January 2009)

Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

what Jet Li had done to help victims of disaster and
the organization of One Foundation he has set up

Your summary must:

be in continuous writing form (not in note form)
use materials from lines 21 to 47
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

After the tsunami, Jet Li spent some of his time.

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Exercise 3-Sungai Batik Section C
[15 marks]

Question 31 is based on the following passage

The passage below is about some of the problems affecting the indigenous Dayak people of
Sarawak. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1 My first impression of Sungai Batik was that it was perfect for a weekend
getaway from the dust and noise of the city. There were magnificent trees towering
into the sky. There was a burst of brilliant red bloom in the midst of luscious
greenery. A stream nearby gave the whole scene a touch of romance; and the
Dayak children in their rustic attire blended perfectly into the scene. 5

2 This forested area was once large the home of the Dayak for generations.
The Dayak are gently, jungle people who are shy of strangers. Their affinity for
the forest comes naturally since it has been heir home, work place, playground,
and shopping and trading place. At one time, all their daily needs clothing,
ornaments, food, medicine and shelter came from the richness of the forest. 10
These people could roam, hunt and gather for their daily needs from the abundant
flora and fauna, taking only what they needed, without depleting the resources the
nature provided.

3 Now all that has changed. The Dayak communities and the rainforest
environment on which they depend are continuously threatened by several issues 15
and problems. Underlying all the main problems facing the Dayaks today is the
lack of recognition of their land rights. Under the Sarawakian land code, the
Dayaks do have certain rights to land but these rights are not clear and have never
been adequately defined.

4 Logging is being carried out indiscriminately on the customary land of the 20

Dayaks. In addition, without the knowledge of the Dayak communities, some of
their land had been given to private companies to be developed into plantations.
This is part of the state governments plan to convert 1.5 million hectares of native
customary land into oil palm plantations. Some of the native longhouse 25
communities are staging peaceful protests to stop the operation of such companies.
Besides that, the government, after targeting one million hectares of land for
industrial tree plantations, has acquired some of the Dayaks native land as site for
the pulp and paper mills. The Dayaks are challenging this and have recently filed
a case in the high court.

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of the tourism industry in the state. Again the customary land rights of the Dayaks
have been affected by several schemes whereby land has been taken to develop
hotels and resorts with golf courses. The Dayak lifestyles are being treated merely
as tourist attractions with their longhouses being targeted as tourist destinations. 35
The Dayaks feels that their culture is being systematically violated and abused.

6 All the activities affecting the Dayak native land have led to extensive
destruction of forest resources. Developers are cutting down forests to put up
buildings and roads. The jungle resources have drastically been reduced. Outside
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traders are increasingly demanding more jungle products, so contractors appear
frequently to collect harvests of honey, petai, durian and other fruits. These jungle
products are then bartered or sold to city traders who come at regular intervals.

7 Over the years the Dayaks who have been defending and protesting against
all the destructive development activities have been harassed, assaulted and 45
arrested. Their human rights have been violated although under Malaysian laws,
the right of the natives to their land and forest is recognized. Their children too
now have to face a different world. Many of them are not going to school and
therefore will be unable to complete against city children in the future. The 50
number of Dayaks enrolled tertiary education and skill-training institutions is
relatively low compared to other communities. Equally alarming was the result of
a study on information communication technology awareness among the Dayaks.
The study showed that 86 percent of the Dayaks have no knowledge of computer.

8 The harsh realities of life are hitting these gentle people. To survive, they 55
have to adapt themselves to activities that are strange to them. They have to exploit
the jungle as they themselves are exploited. Much thought should be given to what
we can do to help the people who have been the guardians of our forest for
generations.

31 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

the problems faced by the Dayaks

Your summary must:

Be in continuous writing form (not in note form)
Use materials from lines 16 to 54
Not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

One of the problems faced by the Dayaks nowadays is

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Exercise 4-Crab Section C
[15 marks]

Question 31 is based on the following passage

1 Hotels in Kuala Lumpur are selling them at about RM100 a piece and local
Chinese restaurants are cashing in on them as well. It is that time of the year again
when connoisseurs and common folks in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and
Malaysia go crazy over a Shanghainese delicacy in the form of a small, hairy-
legged, green crustacean. We are talking about the seasonal Hairy Crabs which are 5
widely available in Shanghai from October to November. You can even get them in
7-Eleven stores there!

2 So whats so great about these crabs? In ancient China, it was regarded an elite
activity to enjoy the crab delicacies, watch the blooming chrysanthemums and
compose lyrical poems. The secret lies with the roe a sinfully rich and creamy 10
orange substance that has melted the resistance of even the most cholesterol
conscious.

3 Dragon-O Restaurant which serves Shanghainese cuisine has also jumped on

the bandwagon to bring these tiny delicacies to Malaysia. To make it more
affordable, they import the crabs direct from the source Tai Lake in Jiangsu 15
Province, China. The ecology around Tai Lake is the reason why Hairy Crabs are
reared there. Tai Lakes ideal depth of two metres allows sunlight to reach the
bottom of the lake, causing seaweed, the crabs food, to flourish.

4 According to Raymond Cheung, a Hairy Crab farm owner, wild crab fries are
purchased every March from local fishermen who catch them by the kilos from the 20
mouth of the Yangtze River. There would usually be about 160,000 fries in a kilo.
These two-week-old fries are then put into a small pond to mature. Come December
when the crabs are nine months old, they are relocated to an enclosed pen by the
lake in preparation for the cold winter months. During this time, the crabs will bury
themselves in the mud at the bottom of the lake to hibernate. 25

When they are more than a year old, the crabs are relocated again in May to
5 bigger pens in the middle of the lake. These are crucial months as the food and
temperature during this period determine the quality of the harvest in the fourth
quarter of the year. The crabs are considered mature after they have molted 21 times.
They usually molt when the temperature drops to 20C. During this time, they are 30
fed small fishes, corn, spirulina and garlic. Their shells are yellow during their
growing months and will turn green once they mature.

Hairy crabs are best harvested in the months of October and November. They
6 are caught with nets placed at the bottom of the lake. The crabs are then taken to the
factory for packaging and exporting. At the factory, workers bind them so that they 35
will not move and pack them in Styrofoam boxes before placing them in a huge

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 chiller for a day to hibernate. CCTVs are installed all around the factory. The
government is concerned about the quality of Chinas exports and they conduct
stringent monitoring through live feed CCTVs. The cameras also allow them to
keep track on the number of crabs being exported.
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7 The boxes are then filled with ice before being exported to other countries.
Each box is individually tagged so customers can trace the source if any problems
arise. It takes two days for the live crabs to arrive in Malaysia and another day to
the respective restaurants. The crabs can survive for about a week that value for
money is the way to go if we want our customers walking out of the restaurant to
come back some day soon. 45
Adapted from The Star, November, 2008

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31 Based on the passage given, write a summary of:

how Hairy Crabs are reared and

how they are packed for export

Your summary must

be in continuous writing (not in note form)
use materials from lines 19 44
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below be written in
the space on page 12

Begin your summary as follows:

The wild crab fries caught by the local fishermen are . ..

Exercise 5- Tony Fernandes Section C

[15 marks]

Question 31 is based on the following passage

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The passage below is the success story of a self-made man, Tony Fernandes. Read
the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1 Wearing an Air Asia cap, Dato Seri Tony Fernandes, speaker at the first South
East Asian Youth Engagement Summit, goes up the stage of Putrajaya International
Convention Centre followed by four flight attendants in Air Asias chilli red uniform.
The casually dressed CEO of Air Asia announces that the first person to hand him
something red will win a trip to London. Two youth delegates scamper up the stage, 5
one of them tripping on her own feet before reaching Fernandes. The 45-year-old
businessman decides to give both of them the free trip anyway. This scenario is a
good illustration of how Fernandes built his low-cost airlines from the ground up by
enticing would-be passengers with free trips.

2 In 2001, Fernandes was the vice president for ASEAN at Warner Music South 10
East Asia. One night, he saw an Easy Jet television advertisement and got interested
in the concept of low-cost carriers. He realised this was what he wanted to do. He
called his wife and told her of his plan and she could not stop laughing.

3 Fernandes mortgaged his house and rallied a team of his buddies in the music
industry to set up Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. The Malaysian government, however, turned 15
down the license application. Fernandes quickly arranged a meeting with the former
Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Dr. Mahathir suggested that, instead of
getting a license, Fernandes should buy the fledgling AirAsia, a heavily indebted
subsidiary of a government-owned conglomerate.

4 Boldly, he announced, I will buy Air Asia for one Malaysian ringgit! He got this 20
reply, Yes, you can buy it tomorrow.

5 Fernandes may have bought over the airline for one ringgit but he and his
partners also inherited 40 million ringgit worth of debt. His vision, nevertheless, took
flight that same year with 250 employees and two ageing Boeing 737 planes flying
to just one destination. A tragic event, however, threatened to crash his dream. 25

6 The September 11 attacks in the United States made people afraid to fly.
However, Fernandes saw a golden opportunity in what could have been a major
setback. The cost of renting aircrafts plummeted by 40 percent, saving the company
a lot of money. Layoffs from other airline companies allowed him to hire experienced
staff at lower costs. A year later, Air Asia had paid off all its debt and started to make 30
profit.

7 Fernandes is a laid-back CEO. I go to work wearing regular clothes. My

pants are sometimes older than my employees. He runs Air Asia with a unique set
of principles. For one, the company has a flat structure, where everybody has access
to the big boss. By removing company bureaucracy, he gets everybody talking and
giving invaluable ideas. People are our best asset. Get the best people and let them 35
grow. Let them fulfill their dreams. Help them discover the potential they never
thought they had, he advises.

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8 "We're still a small operation, despite growing so fast, and that means everyone is
valuable. At the end of the day, I would rather have 6,000 brains working for me
instead of just 10. We are always innovating and we never stand still, and that has 40
helped us,"says Fernandes."If there is a good idea, it can be implemented very fast as
there is little bureaucracy. If there is a bad idea, we can kill it really fast too. That is how
we do things that others may not try. "The informal culture also helps keep costs down,
ever-important to a low-cost carrier. There are few personal assistants, the executives
do not have drivers and Fernandes does not have a posse when he travels. 45

9 When the company was still relatively small, Fernandes used to try his hand
working in the different departments. He was a bag carrier, check-in officer and even
flight attendant for a day. It allowed him to get on the ground and see real problems and
needs. It also gave him the chance to spot potential stars in the company. When he
learned that some bag carriers dreamt of becoming pilots, he sponsored their training. 50
He is proud of the fact that 18 months later they are flying planes. Air Asia also
boasts of having 35 female pilots in their staff. If women can run a country, they can
certainly fly a plane! he exclaims.

10 Fernandes ends his well-applauded speech by encouraging the summit delegates

with his philosophy: Believe the unbelievable. Dream the impossible. Never take No 55
for an answer!

(Adapted from Readers Digest, April 2010)

31 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

how Fernandes started Air Asia and
what he did to make the airline company work

Your summary must:

be in continuous writing form (not in note form)
use materials from line 11 to line 53
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below.

Begin your summary as follows:

Fernandes was the vice-president at Warner Music when he saw

Exercise 6-Test Section C

[15 marks]

Question 31 is based on the following passage

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1 You mess up your History test and a classmate storms up to your desk and
abuses you. Do you yell back and suggest that he drops dead or something to
that effect? Or do you simply smile and shrug it off as one of those days?

2 Whether you are having a bad day at school or recovering from an illness,
laughter may be the best medicine it is natural, free, positively contagious 5
and very effective. The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial
influence upon the health of a town than twenty asses laden with drugs, said
the 17th century physician Thomas Sydenham. And he was not far from the truth.

3 Laughter exercises the muscles in your face, shoulders, diaphragm and

abdomen. During a hearty laugh, oxygen surges through the 10
bloodstream and your brain orchestrates hormonal rushes that raise
alertness and numb pain. Scientists at the Centre of Preventive
Cardiology at the University of Maryland in America believe that laughter
is very good for the heart.

4 We start laughing when we are around 10 weeks old. At 16 weeks, we 15

laugh at least once an hour and by four, we are cracking about once
every four minutes. In contrast, the average adult only manages to
laugh about 16 times a day. It appears that we actually took it to heart
what our parents told us that life was no laughing matter.

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expose ourselves to humour watch funny movies, learn jokes, start to
laugh at ourselves and improve our sense of ridiculous. However, we
should try to avoid using negative humour, and that includes sarcasm,
ridicule, contempt and joking about peoples names.

6 Knowing you are not alone is a key to great physical and mental health. 25
In our day-to-day life, we rarely laugh alone. Laughter tracks in sitcoms
testify to the fact that we are readily to laugh when we are with people.
Laughter is about relationships and about sharing qualities that are
known to relieve stress and promote recovery from illness, especially
among cancer sufferers. 30

7 Sadly, bad mood is something many of us are experiencing with more

frequency while occasions for us to have a good and hearty laugh are
becoming few and far between. It is not surprising when you think of the
hectic lifestyles and pressures we live with today, but too many down
days can start to seriously interfere with our work, relationships and 35
home life.

8 Studies have shown that women are almost twice more likely to suffer
from bad moods and depression than men, and it is not solely due to

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 hormones. Research indicates that women spend a lot of time thinking
about what is making them unhappy instead of laughing their blues 40
away. Consequently, they draw themselves far deeper into the misery
they are in. Men, on the other hand, are better at distracting themselves
from their problems by doing something totally different. They seem to
be able to shrug their shoulders and laugh it off and as a result, their
mood quickly improves. 45

9 So, the next time you are feeling low, instead of wallowing in self-pity,
laugh and shake off that bad feeling and you can lift your spirits
immediately. 48

31. Based on the passage given, write a summary of:

The benefits of laughter and
Why adults tend to laugh less than children

Your summary must:

be in continuous writing form (not in note form)
use materials from lines 9 to 45
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

Laughter is undeniably beneficial because it can exercise the muscles

Exercise 7- Sickness Section C

[15 marks]

Question 31 is based on the following passage.

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The passage below describes how Erma Mata struggled to get treatment for her son.
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1 Momma, Im going to die, the boy whispered, lying on his bed in the
childrens ward of the Philippine General Hospital.
2 No, darling, youll be okay, his mother murmured, stroking his brow. Erma
Mata and her husband had spent everything they had to get help for the incurable
blood disease that was eating up their sons body. Nearly nine years old, Caesar 5
Mata weighed 30 pounds and stood three feet two inches tall. Doctors had given him
only a few more years to live.
3 Caesar had always seemed small for his age. His stomach was bloated out of
proportion to his tiny arms and legs, and sometimes he had problems urinating. But
he never complained. Like his mother Erma, Caesar was quiet and determined. Then, 10
after his fourth birthday in 1978, the boy grew sickly pale. You must take him to a
Manila hospital right away, a local doctor warned Erma.
4 That night, Erma cried as she broke the news to her husband, Marco. They
had only eight pesos, about US$1, and the Manila hospital was 210 miles away.
Erma and Marco borrowed some money and they then hitched a ride to Manila with 15
an uncle in a borrowed truck.

5 Doctors at the hospital identified Caesars problem: thalassemia, a genetic

disorder that disrupts the production of haemoglobin and causes severe anaemia.
The long words meant nothing to Erma, but she understood what the doctors said
next: There is no cure for the disease. 20

6 There is nothing we can do except give your son blood transfusions

whenever his haemoglobin count falls dangerously low, they told her. However,
there would be complications. Iron, an essential ingredient for the formation of
haemoglobin, would build up in Caesars body because of the frequent transfusions,
slowing down his growth and eventually damaging his heart, liver and endocrine 25
system. Patients with severe thalassemia rarely lived beyond their teens.
7 Dont worry, Erma told Caesar as they boarded a crowded bus for the long
ride home. God will take care of us. In the privacy of her own thoughts, she was
less certain.
8 Every six to twelve weeks for the next few years, Erma and Caesar made the 30
420-mile round trip to Manila for life-saving blood transfusions. Erma begged for
passes from the National Railway and a bus company. One day, she walked for hours
to Malacanang, the presidential palace. Her pleas to a palace secretary earned her a
red card that allowed free laboratory tests for Caesar at government hospitals.

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her quest touched the heart of a newspaper editor. Caesar is not even aware that
death is coming closer to him, read a story on June 15, 1979. The newspaper also
published a picture of Caesar looking sad and pitiful.

10 A television celebrity who read about Caesars illness visited Caesar in the
hospital, bringing him gifts and helping his mother with money for expenses. 40
Another lady who was a secretary in a government department was moved too. She
helped Erma to find a job in the tax office near her home.

11 Two years later, Caesars health worsened. Doctors at the Philippine General
Hospital considered removing his spleen, but he was too tiny and weak. Watching
her son suffering on a hospital bed, Erma decided to write to the president of the 45
United States to ask for help.

12 Finally, in late 1993, Erma received a letter from a childrens hospital in

Memphis, Tennessee informing her that the hospital was willing to treat Caesar for
free, and could provide air transportation within the United States as well as
accommodation in Memphis. The excited Erma contacted her celebrity friend who 50
arranged free airplane tickets for the mother and son. In the summer of 1994, their
plane touched down in the USA. Caesar, almost 20, was just over four feet tall but
his spirits were high as he and his mother walked into the childrens hospital.

31 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

what Erma did to help her son and
how others helped her

Your summary must

be in continuous writing (not in note form)
use materials from lines 30 to 51
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

Trying to do her best to save her son, Erma .

Exercise 7- Hardship Section C
[15 marks]

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The passage below describes how the writer and her sister escaped a shooting that broke
out in her town. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1 Hurry up children, your ong ngoai must be hungry by now, Mother called
out from the front room of our family home in Tay Ninh, Vietnam. She had carefully
placed steamed rice, fried chicken and vegetables in each compartment of the lunch
rack, all set to be delivered to ong ngoai, our grandfather. My father, a staff sergeant
with the Philippine Air Force, worked as a surgical technician for eight years and 5
had married Mother, a local girl. Because of his work, he was away from home for
weeks at a time. Mother was a housewife who took great care of Trang and me. She
gave us the daily noontime job of taking lunch to our grandfather, who lived alone
in a small rented apartment.

2 Here, send the food to ong ngoai quickly. Be careful not to spill the food, 10
she added.

3 I was six years old. Trang, my sister, who was eight years older, was helping
me get dressed. I was excited at the thought of getting out of the house.

4 Mother, ever-concerned, recited her list of reminders as she always did every
day: Stay on the side of the road. Look both ways before crossing the street. Dont 15
stop to talk to strangers. Come back straight to the house after you have delivered
the food. Do not stop anywhere along the way. Run along now.

5 So hand in hand, with Trang carrying the lunch rack, we scurried one block
down the road to our grandfathers place. He was a retired judge and I was happy to
see him every day. It was he who gave me my first cac (the equivalent of cents at 20
that time).

6 It was 1974 and war was spreading all over Vietnam, but in Tay Ninh life
was peaceful and continued as usual. However, on that particular day, as Trang and
I made our way to grandfathers place, whizz!

7 Duck down! Trang cried as we walked along. Stay low and take cover! 25

8 Ratatatatat! Somewhere in the mountains just outside town, Vietcong soldiers

fired their flying bullets down our path. I bent so low that I actually dragged my face
along the ground as I ran.
9 As we squatted at the side of the road, covering our heads, I started to worry
about ong ngoai. He liked his food served hot. If we did not get there on time and his 30

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 lunch turned cold - oh, I did not like the thought of it! I refused to let this outbreak
of shooting slow us down. Lets just run for it! I said.

10 Trang suggested duckwalking down the road but it was not a good idea. After
a few paces, my short little legs began cramping. We tried all the manoeuvres that
could save our lives but nothing seemed to work. We were ready to sit things out 35
until the shooting was over. Then I suddenly remembered. If we ever came under
fire, our elders had told us time after time, we should run from side to side. Bullets
travel in a straight line, they said. Run in a zigzag.

11 So taking a deep breath, we set off again, running wildly back and forth across
the road. After what seemed forever, the shooting ceased. God Almighty be praised, 40
the food is still warm, was all I could say after we arrived at our grandfathers
apartment, completely unaware of the danger from which we had just escaped. Five
cents awaited each of us!

12 As an adult, I sometimes look back on that eventful day. I now know what
my young mind could not understand then: it is impossible to go through life without 45
hardship and struggles being thrown at you. They come when you least think they
would, like when you are happily walking down a street and bullets start flying at
you. You can try to avoid them all you want, but as long as you are alive, they will
keep coming, from all directions. Sure, you might get wounded, but you just have to
bandage your wounds, pick yourself up and start walking again. 50

(Adapted from Readers Digest, May 2006)

31 Based on the passage given, write a summary on:

the advice the writers mother gave her and her sister and
what the writer and her sister did during the shooting

Your summary must

be in continuous writing (not in note form)
use materials from lines 10 to 40
not be longer than 130 words, including the 10 words given below

Begin your summary as follows:

The writers mother reminded her and her sister not to .

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