Grade 10 [Bilingual]

READING (Items 1-10) [5 marks]

Read the following text. Then, complete the tasks.

Twenty years ago, Steven Spielberg made a film called ’Jurassic Park’, in which a mad
scientist used cloning techniques to re-create ancient dinosaurs – with disastrous results! It
is a warning that I have not forgotten! So I was really horrified when I recently read an
article in ‘National Geographic’ magazine about plans to ‘clone’ the woolly mammoth!

The mammoth has, of course, been extinct for thousands of years. It was a huge mammal
closely related to the modern elephant, but even bigger. Mammoths lived during the Ice Age
in northern areas of Europe and Asia. Humans hunted them for their warm skins as well as
their tasty meat, and largely because of this all the mammoths disappeared, except for a
small group that lived on a remote island in Siberia until finally becoming extinct around
2000 BC.

Will we ever see a woolly mammoth again? There is a chance, scientists say. Due to global
warming, the frost in Siberia is melting and the bodies of ancient dead animals have been
revealed. Last year, Japanese ivory hunters looking for tusks found the almost complete
body of a baby mammoth preserved under the ice and snow. About 10,000 years old, and
in astonishingly good condition - with even its fur intact – it was recovered and is currently
on display at a museum in Tokyo.

However, Japanese scientists have now revealed that frozen blood was also found beneath
the animal’s body. They intend, they say, to extract DNA from this blood in order to make a
mammoth! How would this be done? They are thinking of taking the DNA cells and cloning
them with eggs from a female Asian elephant that will then carry the baby. However, they
estimate that this will take until at least 2060, because it is a very complicated process and
the technology has not yet developed!

My question is what is the point of doing all this? Even if they succeed, which I think is very
unlikely; all they would have a single woolly mammoth! Now, we know that mammoths
were intelligent, social animals, which lived in extended groups. So our ’one-off’ mammoth
would live out its life all alone that is entirely miserable!

We should also think about the practicalities. Even by itself, a giant animal like the
mammoth requires a huge area of frozen land, similar to its original habitat. How will we
provide this, after years of climate change have heated up the whole planet?

Instead of spending money, time and effort on cloning an extinct animal, we should focus
on trying to save a threatened species, which is still alive! Asian elephants are themselves
at risk of extinction, and now we want to waste thousands of eggs to clone them with the
DNA of a long-dead mammoth! It’s a crime against living elephants!

Task 1: For each item, write a short answer (not more than FOUR WORDS). [2.5 marks]

1. What makes the writer getting influenced to write this report?

________________________________________________________
2. What is the main cause of extinction for mammoth according to the writer?

________________________________________________________

3. Where do the scientists hope to recover the DNA of an extinct mammoth?

________________________________________________________

4. How long will it take to have the process of cloning to be done?

________________________________________________________

5. Which parts of the world used to be the mammoth’s habitat?

________________________________________________________

Task 2: For each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option. [2.5 marks]

6. The writer is concerned about the animal’s _______________.

physical health psychological state ability to process

7. A well-preserved mammoth was recently discovered by _______________.

explorers scientists hunters

8. The body of this mammoth is now in ___________.

Japan Korea Siberia

9.
The writer fears that they will not be able to provide it with ____________.
a suitable diet suitable care a suitable home

10. The writer believes they should use these resources to ___________.
save endangered slow down global find cures for
animals warming human diseases
GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 1 (Items 1-5) [2.5 marks]

For each item, read the definition and the example.

Then complete the word in the space provided.
You are given the first letter(s) of the word. Make sure your spelling is correct.

Example:
(noun) a room where food is prepared and cooked
e.g. They keep the fridge in the kit c h e n.

1. (adjective) changeable
e.g. Rice is a ver _ _ _ _ _ _ grain that can be used with anything.

2. (adverb) totally
e.g. Abs _ _ _ _ _ _ _! We would love to help at the charity event.

3. (noun) a place that provides internet access to the public

e.g. The cyb _ _ _ _ _ _ is not far from my residence.

4. (adjective) having great strength

e.g. This country is the most pow _ _ _ _ _ nation in the world.

5. (noun) dissimilar
e.g. The taste of these foods dif _ _ _ from each other.
GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 2 (Items 6-10) [2.5 marks]

Complete the text. Fill each gap with ONE word only.

Lisa slept because she (1) ______________ been feeling very sick. In fact, Lisa had not

been feeling well for three days. Her mother knew something (2) _________________

strange because Lisa had not been acting normal. She had not been finishing her meals

(3) __________________ for the past two days. The doctor visited Lisa

(4) ________________ examined her. He gave Lisa medicine. Lisa looked much better

after a few days. Everyone was happy (5) ______________ Lisa was better!

WRITING : [5 marks]

Complete the following task. Write at least 100 words.

Situation: Imagine that you are Uncle Rashid/Aunt Rasheeda. You have received this email from
your nephew/niece:

Dear Uncle Rashid/Aunt Rasheeda,

I need your advice. I'm flying to London for a summer course but I don't know how to cope with
that culture. What should I do? Please, help me.

Love,

Bader / Badriya

Write a reply to this e-mail. Give Bader/Badriya your advice.

Your writing should be friendly, and helpful.
ANSWER KEY: BILINGUAL

READING (5 marks)
1. after reading an article in ‘national geographic’ magazine/the film ‘Jurassic Park’
2. hunting
3. from a mammoth’s blood

4. Approximately 40 years/more than 40 years/40 years

5. Northern Europe and Asia
6. physical health psychological state ability to process
7. explorers scientists hunters
8. Japan Korea Siberia

9. a suitable diet suitable care a suitable home

save endangered slow down global find cures for human
10.
animals warming diseases

GRM/ VCB 1 (2.5 marks)

1. versatile

2.
Absolutel
y
3. cybercafe
4. powerful
5. differ
Notes: Half-a-mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

GRM/ VCB 2 (2.5 marks)

6. had

7. was

8. regularly/orderly

9. and

10. that