KNC 2012_English

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KIRIBATI NATIONAL CERTIFICATE

ENGLISH

2012

QUESTION & ANSWER BOOKLET

Time allowed: 3 Hours (plus 10 minutes reading time)

At the end of the examination, hand in back the Question & Answer Booklet

SECTION CONTENT MARKS ALLOCATED TIME

TWO READING COMPREHENSION  Reading Passage 1  Reading Passage 2  Cloze Test

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45 minutes

THREE REFERENCE SKILLS  Dictionary Skill

 Newspaper Advertisement

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15 minutes

FOUR WRITING

 Personal Writing  Expressing Opinion  Situational Composition

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65 minutes

FIVE LITERATURE (Answer any THREE of the four genres)  Novel

 Short Stories  Drama  Poetry

27 (9) (9) (9) (9) 55 minutes INSTRUCTIONS

 YOU SHOULD HAVE ONLY ONE BOOKLET: A QUESTION & ANSWER BOOKLET.  WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS IN THE ANSWER BOOKLET.

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SECTION TWO READING COMPREHENSION [22 MARKS]

 READ THE STORY CAREFULLY BEFORE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

Reading Passage 1

 Read the story below then answer Question 2A and Question 2B that follow.

The Wild Taro Girl

. . . After carefully looking into the problem the chief called the ladies together, and 1 presented his plan to them. The womenfolk followed the instruction and before each

one left her house the pudding was put in the appointed place.

. . . It was not long before the village was quiet; so quiet that you could hear the wind whistle softly amongst the leaves of the bamboo. The children too went with their 5 parents to learn new skills in making gardens, and planting different kinds of crops.

To the Wild Taro Girl this was the sign which told her everyone had gone. It was the time she was waiting for.

She hurriedly entered the first house and soon somethingcaught her eye. . . . ‘Ah, I know,’ she said to herself, moving closer and closer. ‘A pudding.’ 10 She quickly slipped the warm pudding into her basket, and tip-toed quietly back to

the front door, closed it, and walked away.

. . . In the Wild Taro Girl’s house she could hear the men snoring beside the fire. The

children were curled up on the bare bark of a tree made for sleeping on. She quietly pulled the pudding out of the basket and began to eat. The pudding was 15 so delicious that she ate it up and started on the second. She was not quite satisfied yet,

but she could not take any more in. She felt very irritated and her lips and mouth were itching. She drank water out of a bamboo to cool them down. But instead it made the

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QUESTION 2A Multiple Choice (10 Marks)  Write the LETTER of the best answer in the answer box provided at end of the

question.

1. Find the word to replace the underlined phrase ‘looking into’in line 1. A. watching

B. referring

C. considering

2. Why is it important to follow instructions in life? It is important because it………. A. increases the motivation in you B. enables you to solve a problem C. will help you to become clever

3. Which of the statements is true?

A. The ladies planned together on a task. B. The chief was advised on what to do. C. The solution was decided by the chief.

4. What the people planned was a ……… for the girl.

A. trap

B. riddle

C. game

5. What does the word ‘sign’ refer to? It refers to the……… in the village A. work

B. people

C. silence

6. How did the people respond to the Chief? They all………the wild girl. A. tried to assist

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7. What advantage children got when they work with their parents? They were able to ………...

A. learn cultural skills. B. meet a lot of friends. C. learn to have patience

8. Replace the highlighted word, ‘something’ as shown in line 9, with an appropriate phrase presented below.

A. a house B. a garden C. a pudding

9. What had caused her to tip toe quietly?

The idea of ______________had caused to tip toe. A. eating the pudding quickly

B. keeping the pudding to herself C. hiding from the village people

10. The snoring happens when a person ………. A. sleeps with a heavy breathing sound

B. disturbs others by talking loudly C. singing loudly in a melodious voice.

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Reading Passage 2

Crown Prince Tupou To’a is Tonga’s new King

Tongans will soon welcome their new king, Crown Prince Tupou To’a Lavaka 1 Ata, after the death of King George Tupou V. The King went into an intensive

care unit in a Hong Kong hospital about 10 days ago but his condition rapidly deteriorated and he died last night. The Tongan Government confirmed his

passing on Tongan radio Monday morning, and has issued a statement in Tongan. 5

Shortly after his coronation, the King appointed his younger brother as Crown Prince and heir to the throne. The Prince was at the King’s bedside in Hong Kong when he died. The 52 year old prince is currently based in Canberra acting as Tonga’s High Commissioner to Australia for a number of years.

The youngest of the late King Taufa’ahau Tupou 1V’s children, he is no stranger 10 to politics, having been the island nation’s appointed Prime Minister. In 2006 he

stepped down as Prime Minister.

In his early twenties he joined the Tonga Defence Services. The crown prince is married with three children. His eldest son, known by the title of Ulukalala, now

steps up as the heir to the throne. 15

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QUESTION 2B Short Answer Questions (7 Marks)  WRITE your short answer in the blank space provided next to the question.

11. Explain what type of patient is usually admitted to the intensive care unit?

________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 12. Clarify the meaning of the word ‘deteriorated’ as used in the text.

_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 13. Identify and name the language feature used in this statement, ‘The Tongan

Government confirmed his passing on Tongan radio ………..’

______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (1 mark) 14. What level of people are mainly involved with the coronation?

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(1 mark)

15. List the responsibilities the Crown Prince had been entrusted with by the King.

______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

(2 mark) 16. The phrase ‘Stepped down’ as used in the passage means………

________________________________________________________________________ (1mark)

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QUESTION 2C Cloze Test (5 Marks)

 Do the gap filling exercise below by writing your answers in the answer box provided.  Use the word only once.

Lightning

cannot when thunderstorm is

there sometimes up lightning North once places of

Scientists say that nearly 150,000 flashes of lightning occur around the earth each day.

There is no place where ………(17)…………is unknown, but in some ……(18)……..it is rare. At the ………(19)………..and South poles, for instance, …………(20)………is a thunderstorm only about …………(21)……….. every ten years.

Lightning occurs ………(22)…………a charge of electricity builds ………(23)………. in a cloud until it . .……(24)………..so great that the cloud ………(25)………hold it. Then a spark ………(26)………… electricity --- for that’s what lightning really is –-- leaps through the air to the ground or to another cloud. As it travels, lightning heats the air, causing it to expand suddenly. This action sets up a sound wave which we hear as thunder.

Answer Box

17 22

18 23

19 24

20 25

21 26

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SECTION THREE REFERENCE SKILLS [10 MARKS]

 Attempt all Questions in this Section.

 The page is taken from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, page 1220  Choose the best answers from the options given

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QUESTION 3A Dictionary Skills (6 Marks)

 Use the dictionary resource given to answer Questions 27-32 that follow.  Write the LETTER of your answer in the space provided next to the answers

below.

27. The word ‘tallboy’ is known as a………

A. sight word. B. guide word. C. compound word.

28. The word ‘tambourine’ has ………syllables.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5

29. The phonetic transcription of the word ‘tamper’ is…………

A. /tæmpǝ(r)/ B. /tǝmpe(r)/ C. /tɐmpɑ(r)/

30. What is underlined in this word, ‘talkie’. It is a……….

A. prefix B. suffix C. reffix

31. The word class of the word ‘tameness’ is expressed as – n[U] which means that the word is a ……….

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32. What is ‘an informal and often short conversation to exchange personal news’? It is a………

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33. To whom is this advertisement aiming at? It is aiming at ……….

A. friends B. readers C. travelers

34. What special action does the advertisement call for? It calls for people to go and……….

A. book their tickets with the Airline. B. buy their newspaper from the agent. C. join business with Papua New Guinea.

35. Explain the connection between the headline and the photo. The headline and the photos are connected because the subjects they talked about relate to ………

A. Papua New Guinea

B. Fiji and Papua New Guinea C. the entire Pacific countries

36 Where does the Marketing Manager live? The Manager lives in……….. A. the country of Fiji.

B. Papua New Guinea. C. the Pacific Islands.

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SECTION FOUR WRITING [31 MARKS]

 YOU MUST ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION.

 Choose ONE from QUESTION 4A PERSONAL WRITING (9 Marks)

 Choose ONE from QUESTION 4B EXPRESSING OPINION (12 Marks)

 Choose ONE from QUESTION 4C SITUATIONAL WRITING (10 Marks)

QUESTION 4A Personal Writing (9 Marks)

 Write ONE essay of about 200 to 250 words.

 BEGIN or END your essay with one of the following statements.  Write the TITLE of your essay.

 Write the NUMBER of the Question that you answered in the box provided.

1. Having walked a long distance, I was relieved to ……… 2. After enduring a hard life in school, I was blessed with………. 3. The cultures I have been raised in, have shaped my life today.

REMEMBER: WRITE ON ONLY ONE TOPIC.

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Number of Question

[PERSONAL WRITING]

Title: ……….

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T/C - 3 E/S – 2 S/O - 2 M/C – 2

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QUESTION 4B Expressing Opinion (12 Marks)

 Choose ONE of the statements below to do your writing on.  You may AGREE or DISAGREE with the statement.

 Use 200 to 250 words in your essay.

 Support your ideas with DETAILS and REASONS.

 Write the NUMBER of the Statement that you answered in the box provided.

Statements:

1. Early marriage has caused a lot of social problems. 2. A conservative culture is best to be maintained. 3. Working mothers need a Take Care Centre.

REMEMBER: WRITE ON ONLY ONE STATEMENT.

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Number of Question

[EXPRESSING OPINION]

Title: ……….

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T/C - 3 E/S – 4 S/O - 3 M/C – 2

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QUESTION 4C Situational Composition (10 Marks)

 Choose only ONE from the THREE TOPICS given.  Your writing should be about 150 words long.  Do your writing in the writing paper provided.

 Write the NUMBER of the topic you have selected in the box provided

EITHER

QUESTION 4A Letter Writing (10 Marks)

You are a current Form 7 student from your school, applying for an open equity

scholarship to the Australian High Commission, P.O.Box 440, Bairiki, Tarawa. You are Tata Reo, born on 20 January 1994. You are a Technical Science student who wish to continue your education in Australia in Civil Engineering. You have got the aggregate mark of 8 in your Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC), in 2011. You are willing to work very hard and utilize the fund efficiently if you are lucky to be given an

opportunity to study abroad.

OR

QUESTON 4B Memorandum (10 Marks)

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OR

QUESTION 4C Speech (10 Marks)

As a new student from Kiribati to the Suva Grammar High School in Fiji, you are

nominated to make a formal speech about the Kiribati culture in terms of the Mwaneaba system. Relate that the Mwaneaba is a communal meeting place where men are only allowed to speak in it. Every village has its own mwaneaba and nobody is allowed to organize a mwaneaba of another village. Women and children should always sit behind men in the mwaneaba. Breaking a mwaneaba rule may result in a curse.

You are known in the school as Bwebwe Rotan.

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Number of Question

[SITUATIONAL WRITING]

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T/F - 2 T/C - 3 E/S - 2 S/O - 2 M/C - 1

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SECTION 5 LITERATURE [27 MARKS]

 READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS VERY CAREFULLY.

 ANSWER ONLY THREE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION.  EACH QUESTION IS WORTH 9 MARKS.

This section is made up of:

QUESTION 5A Novel

QUESTION 5B Short Story

QUESTION 5C Drama

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QUESTION 5A Novel (9 Marks)

 Answer only ONE of the questions below.

 Your writing should be between 100 to 150 words long.  Write the LETTER of the question in the box.

 Write the NUMBER of the option in the box as well.

 Support your ideas with examples and details from the book.

 Give the AUTHOR’s name and the TITLE of the book used, like this:

Author: ……… Title: ………

1 Discuss the author’s main concern in one of the Novels you have studied.

2. Select an impressive character from the novel you have studied and explain why you consider him to be impressive.

3. Reflect how a climax of the Novel has influenced your life greatly.

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Question 5

Letter of the Question Number of Option

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T/F - 2 T/C - 3 E/S - 2 S/O - 2 M/C - 1

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QUESTION 5B Short Story (9 Marks)

 Support your ideas with examples and details from the short story.  Give the AUTHOR’s name and the TITLE of the story used, like this:

Author: ……… Title: ………

1. Reflect on a slice of life portrayed in one of the short stories you have read. 2. Describe how the setting of a short story has added more interest to the story. 3. Discuss on the effectiveness of the choice of words used in one of the short

stories you have studied..

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Question 5

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T/F - 2 T/C - 3 E/S - 2 S/O - 2 M/C - 1

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QUESTION 5C Drama (9 Marks)

 Support your ideas with examples and details from the play.

 Give the PLAYWRIGHT ‘S name and the TITLE of the play used, like this:

Playwright: ……… Title: ………

1. Relate a lesson to youngsters, reflected in one of the plays you have studied. 2. Discuss how a character from the play you have studied portrays endurance

through hardship in his life.

3. Compare a culture from the play you have studied to your own.

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Question 5

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T/F - 2 T/C - 3 E/S - 2 S/O - 2 M/C - 1

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QUESTION 5D Poetry (9 Marks)

 Support your ideas with examples and details from the short story.  Give the POET’S/POETESS’S name and the TITLE of the poem used, like

this:

 You can use one of the given poems attached.

Poet’s / Poetess’s Name………

Title: ………..

1. Describe the subject matter of the poem you have studied.

2. Discuss how a persona is portrayed in one of the poems you have studied. 3. Contrast the life situation related in the poem with realities of life.

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Question 5

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T/F – 2 T/C - 3 E/S - 2 S/O - 2 M/C - 1

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Hard wood (by Samson Ngwele)

Our children and our wives But I for their uncommon values; like their flowers their barks, their inner cores for their beauty, or perhaps and their roots. For I will tell – for their fragrance.

continuity from their barks, Our men and our elders count years from their cores like their trunks and carve spears from their roots. For building, or perhaps

for burning.

Quiet Pain (by Konai Helu Thaman)

deep in the shady stillness of the raintree’s thoughts I walk blindly into your silence withyou

sitting there like coral rock your family face

is strange outside cicada’s cry

rekindles the flame we retired into ourselves children of sky and earth quiet pain lingers like coral dust we are both afraid to say I love you as I love you

This Winder Pond (by Ai chi’ng)

This winter pond---

Lonely like an old man’s heart

That has savoured all human sadness; This winter pond---

Dry and sunken like an old man’s eyes

That have lost their luster through hard labour; This winter pond---

Desolate,lika an old man’s hair That is sparse, grey and frosted; This winter pond---

Sullen like a sad old man

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KNC ENGLISH

2012

(for Markers only)

Section Marker Checker Marker

1 Multiple Choice 1-5 Short Answers 6-10 2 Passage 1 1-10 Passage 2 11-16 Cloze Test 17-26 3 Reference Skills

Dictionary Skills 27-32 Advertisement 33-36

Write the NUMBER of the option that you have answered 4 A. Personal Writing

B. Expressing Opinion

C. Situational Writing

Write the Number and Letter of the Literature questions you answered in the circles below BUT answer only THREE questions

5 Literature

TOTAL MARKS

10

22

10

12 9

10

0

9