P6 English CA1 2014 — Rosyth | Singapore Past Year Paper

Q: The main purpose of this advertisement is to ____.

C. promote the open-top double-decker bus. Per the official answer key (Q1 = option 3), the advertisement as a whole is promoting the open-top double-decker bus service itself; the Family Pass, heritage routes and hop-on/hop-off feature are supporting details.

Q: What is an advantage of buying a Family Pass?

A. Cost saving. Official key Q2 = option 1. The Family Pass is priced cheaper than buying individual passes, so its specific advantage is cost saving; the other options apply to any pass.

Q: How do customers abroad purchase their passes?

B. Log on to the website. Official key Q3 = option 2. The advertisement directs overseas customers to book online via the website, since the hotline and offices are local channels.

Q: What can one look forward to when riding on the open-top bus?

D. Enjoying a panoramic view of the city's top attractions. Official key Q4 = option 4. The open-top design of the bus is promoted as offering an unobstructed, panoramic view of the city's top attractions.

Q: Which of the following statements is false?

C. An open-top bus tour takes people to all tourist attractions.. Official key Q5 = option 3. The bus tour covers the city's top attractions along its routes, not ALL tourist attractions, so this statement is false; the other three are supported by the advertisement.

Q: She has three brothers; two of ____ were adopted.

C. whom. After the preposition 'of', the object form of the relative pronoun referring to people is required: 'two of whom'. Official key Q6 = option 3.

Q: When the cleaner ____ the classroom, the pupils walked in.

C. had swept. The sweeping was completed before the pupils walked in, so the past perfect 'had swept' is needed to show the earlier of two past actions. Official key Q7 = option 3.

Q: As the lion approached the hunter, he ____ on the ground and pretended to be dead.

B. lay. The simple past of the verb 'lie' (to recline) is 'lay', matching the past tense of 'approached' and 'pretended'. Official key Q8 = option 2.

Q: Mr Tan insisted on going to work ____ having a fever.

B. despite. A preposition is needed before the gerund phrase 'having a fever', and the meaning is concessive — he went to work in spite of the fever — so 'despite' fits. 'Although' needs a clause. Official key Q9 = option 2.

Q: The principal congratulated the team ____ their achievement at the competition.

B. on. The fixed collocation is 'congratulate someone on something'. Official key Q10 = option 2.

Q1 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

The main purpose of this advertisement is to ____.

Q2 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

What is an advantage of buying a Family Pass?

Q3 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

How do customers abroad purchase their passes?

Q4 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

What can one look forward to when riding on the open-top bus?

Q5 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Which of the following statements is false?

Q6 MCQ 1 mark

She has three brothers; two of ____ were adopted.

Q7 MCQ 1 mark

When the cleaner ____ the classroom, the pupils walked in.

Q8 MCQ 1 mark

As the lion approached the hunter, he ____ on the ground and pretended to be dead.

Q9 MCQ 1 mark

Mr Tan insisted on going to work ____ having a fever.

Q10 MCQ 1 mark

The principal congratulated the team ____ their achievement at the competition.

Q11 MCQ 1 mark

The boy felt his dinghy ____ and panicked as he was not a strong swimmer.

Q12 MCQ 1 mark

All the pupils but one ____ the consent forms for the newspaper subscription.

Q13 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the correct punctuation to complete the passage: Father Berrade spotted one of the church staff screaming and crying uncontrollably. "Father," she said ____ "our church is sinking!"

Q14 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the correct punctuation to complete the passage: He took her by the shoulders. "Be calm ____ he shouted. "Gather the others and go into the street where it is safer."

Q15 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the correct punctuation to complete the passage: "Our young people were the real heroes," Father Berrade says ____ They dug with nothing but their hands and their hearts."

Q16 MCQ 1 mark

____ by the kindness and support from family and friends, she shed a tear.

Q17 MCQ 1 mark

Cats were first ____ 8,000 years ago and have been valued for companionship ever since.

Q18 MCQ 1 mark

In the midst of ____ temperatures, many people find refuge in air-conditioned shopping malls.

Q19 MCQ 1 mark

Scientists have been developing ____ robotic devices to improve people's lifestyle.

Q20 MCQ 1 mark

As dark clouds ____, the lightning alert came on and the race was postponed.

Q21 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined words: As the days passed, talks about adopting Olive and Viki, the twins, began. My parents were seriously thinking about it. (underlined: 'thinking about')

Q22 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined words: I started noticing that my mother hugged Olive more than she hugged me. (underlined: 'noticing')

Q23 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined words: There were also little gifts, which I looked at with envy. (underlined: 'envy')

Q24 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined words: After a while, I was unquestionably infuriated and all mischief broke loose. (underlined: 'unquestionably')

Q25 MCQ 1 mark

Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined words: I hatched elaborate plans to make the twins feel miserable but I did not carry them out in the end. (underlined: 'hatched')

Q26 MCQ 1 mark

Read the passage below and answer questions 26 to 30. The seven pups were left in a box beside a garbage bin. Thanks to Sherry Conisbee, the founder of an animal shelter working to improve the lives of stray dogs, these pups have since found welcoming homes. With her dimply smile, Sherry is always seen playing gleefully with the canine residents at the shelter which has a playground for animals and a veterinary clinic. Sherry and her helpers are the only friends these dogs have ever known at the shelter, temporary homes for the strays undergoing rehabilitation. "They are emotional beings, not vermin on the street," she says. Street dogs can be a pitiful sight. Often hairless or disfigured due to disease and untreated injuries, they skulk listlessly or sprawl like discarded rag dolls. Sherry's volunteers locate their neediest cases with the help of a neighbourhood watch group known as 'dog aunties'. They sterilise, vaccinate and nurture the animals back to health. For instance, Yoyo, a sick and bald dog, underwent a transformation and became a poised Pomeranian look-alike with lush cream fur. "For years, I have walked past stray dogs, feeling sorry for them but thinking it wasn't my business," says Sherry. "Then one day, I came across a pitiful dog — no hair, boils and blisters all over, limping badly with swollen feet," she recalls. She called him Benji and tried to befriend the wretched creature. He bit her. "As a stray, he deems everything about life as unfair and frightful," Sherry says. Returning with thick bite-proof gloves, she began tending to the hurting, scrawny animal. After months of dedicated care, Benji bounced back. He grew long, shaggy hair like an Afghan hound and had a definite wag in his walk. To save him from returning to the streets, Sherry searched for an adoptive owner. Soon after, Sherry and some voluntary veterinarians started offering medical and vaccination services to stray dogs. They also helped to control the ballooning population of strays by providing sterilisation services. Their educational campaigns in schools and neighbourhoods introduce children to responsible pet ownership. "Sherry has shown what one committed person can do and I salute her spirit," says a director of a leading animal charity. (Adapted from 'Saved from the Streets' by Tibor Kraus) How do Sherry and her volunteers help the strays?

Q27 MCQ 1 mark

What does the word 'residents' (Line 5) refer to?

Q28 MCQ 1 mark

Why are some strays a piteous sight?

Q29 MCQ 1 mark

Why did Benji bite Sherry when she first saw him?

Q30 MCQ 1 mark

Which of the following statements is true?

Q31 Open-ended 1 mark

From the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for the blank. Write its letter (A to Q). EACH WORD CAN BE USED ONLY ONCE. Word list: (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against. All I could remember was that I was cycling on an expressway on my way home after an 80-kilometre training ride ____ a white truck hit me from behind.

Q32 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: I recalled seeing the white uniform of a nurse looming ____ me.

Q33 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: It was tempting as I just had to close my eyes and give ____ so that the pain would end.

Q34 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: However, I was not ready for that ____

Q35 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: When I was admitted to the hospital that afternoon, my back was broken in three places. Dad was told to prepare himself. I ____ not expected to live.

Q36 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: But ____ four days of drifting in and out of consciousness, I was miraculously out of danger.

Q37 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: If Dad remembered my first words as being a question ____ the condition of my bicycle, Mum recalled me asking her…

Q38 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: Mum recalled me asking her ____ I was ever going to run again — which made her cry and move away from the bed.

Q39 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: I could not remember ____ time soon after the accident when any medical staff said something like, "John, I'm sorry to tell you that due to the injuries you sustained to your back, you will never walk again."

Q40 Open-ended 1 mark

From the word list (A) a, (B) in, (C) after, (D) if, (E) was, (F) when, (G) the, (H) will, (J) over, (K) am, (L) still, (M) about, (N) yet, (P) would, (Q) against — choose the most suitable word: "John, I'm sorry to tell you that due to the injuries you sustained to your back, you ____ never walk again."

Q41 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct each word in bold for spelling and each underlined word for grammar. Write the correct word in the relevant box. On 31 October 2001, twelve-year-old Ruth was playing with some young friends not far from her home on the banks of Peropava River in Brazil when she was **startelled** by a strange roaring noise.

Q42 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the word in bold for spelling: Moving slowly towards them was a **shyni** Unidentified Flying Object (UFO).

Q43 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the underlined word for grammar: Moving slowly towards them was a shiny Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) _but_ it seemed to be losing height.

Q44 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the underlined word for grammar: Suddenly, there was a loud thud as the object collided _to_ the trunk of a tree that stood in its path.

Q45 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the underlined word for grammar: It seemed to be _struggled_ to gain height.

Q46 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the word in bold for spelling: Then, **abrubtlee**, it plunged onto the water surface amid an explosion of huge bubbles.

Q47 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the underlined word for grammar: The river seemed to be boiling at the spot _when_ the disc had disappeared.

Q48 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the word in bold for spelling: She ran to where the children were staring at the **chearning** water.

Q49 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the word in bold for spelling: **Urterli** perplexed, he could not give an answer to the children's questions.

Q50 Open-ended 1 mark

Correct the underlined word for grammar: Fortunately for the children _which_ story might have been casually dismissed as something they had made up, some fishermen had indeed seen the flying disc.

Q51 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: I first saw 'Mina' after I arrived in Borneo, clinging to the arm of our assistant, Mr Hamzah. As he brought ____ in, Mr Hamzah lifted his arm and unrolled her like a paper towel spilling onto the floor.

Q52 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Her long face was serene, the fluid brown of her eyes veiled ____ thick lashes.

Q53 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: My first ____ was, "Why, she looks just like a Parisienne! A lady from Paris!"

Q54 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: The weeks that followed confirmed ____ initial impression. Mina was lady-like.

Q55 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: She had a gentle way about her. She never ran, she always walked. ____ her squeal had the daintiness that the other orang utans lacked.

Q56 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Like all orang utans, Mina was covered with dark orange hair. ____ coarser and thicker than our hair, the distribution was similar.

Q57 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Her face, her palms and the soles of her feet were hairless, while her small naked ears protrude from the ____ on her head.

Q58 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: When Mina stood up, her long arms dangled ____ her knees while her legs were proportionately shorter than ours.

Q59 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Mina had a rotund belly that made her look pregnant although at that time she was far too young to ____ any offspring.

Q60 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Orang utans, in general, are even tempered and serene ____ to their volatile chimpanzee cousins.

Q61 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Even among members of her own tranquil species, Mina ____ out as being exceptionally calm.

Q62 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Whatever emotions she might have been ____ her brown eyes revealed nothing.

Q63 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Her sweetness was all the ____ impressive as she had been kidnapped under what must have been brutal circumstances.

Q64 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Months after I saw Mina, I heard from local people that nearby loggers had captured another young orang utan and were holding her at their camp ____ outside the reserve where I was based.

Q65 Open-ended 1 mark

Fill in each blank with a suitable word: Killing, capturing, or selling a wild orang utan was ____ in Indonesia. However, the law was rarely enforced.

Q66 Open-ended 2 marks

Rewrite the given sentences, using the words provided. Your answer must be in one sentence with the same meaning. That is the salesman. You must speak to him tomorrow. ____ whom ____

Q67 Open-ended 2 marks

Rewrite the given sentence, using the words provided. Your answer must be in one sentence with the same meaning. Jack and Timmy are not attending the graduation ceremony. Neither ____

Q68 Open-ended 2 marks

Rewrite the given sentence, using the words provided. Your answer must be in one sentence with the same meaning. Nicole said, "I am getting tired and restless these days." Nicole said ____

Q69 Open-ended 2 marks

Rewrite the given sentences, using the words provided. Your answer must be in one sentence with the same meaning. I do not want to go to that restaurant again. I do not care how cheap the food is. No matter ____

Q70 Open-ended 2 marks

Rewrite the given sentences, using the words provided. Your answer must be in one sentence with the same meaning. The pupils played truant. Mr Raju had warned them. Despite ____

Q71 Open-ended 2 marks

Read the passage below and answer questions 71 to 80. ALL ANSWERS MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. Although Gabby was quite capable of looking for his own food, he always came home for his supper when he heard a tin mug rattle on the concrete yard. His usual snack was brown bread and milk with crumbs of cheese. Gabby would not get these for his snack if the family was away, so it was quite a problem when we decided to go away for a summer holiday. The problem was solved when my father made Gabby a small travelling box. It hung from one of the metal bars holding up the roof canvas of our car. Gabby sat there swaying calmly and surveying the world with his bright, black eyes. He did not seem at all disturbed by his strange surroundings. As soon as we reached our holiday chalet and unloaded the car, Gabby was allowed to come out of his box to stretch his wings. We all held our breath while he took off and flew out of sight, but he soon returned to his temporary home. Just as we spent our time exploring our new surroundings, Gabby flew off on regular exploring trips. One morning when we were sitting outside in the sunshine eating our breakfast we heard our neighbours on the other side of a tall hedge say, "Oh look, here's the bird again! Have we got some food for him?" And then we found out what a clever bird Gabby was! He flew to most of the homes around daily for the same purpose. When that holiday ended, Gabby rode happily home again in his special box. As Gabby was adaptable, we took him with us whenever we went away. As a result, he became a well-travelled bird. Gabby lived with us until 1941 when the war broke out. My siblings and I were evacuated with our mother to a safer area in Scotland. This arrangement was made by my father together with a welfare organization which arranged our transport by special train. The relocation was planned for six months initially but was extended several times. My father joined the army in London which was nearer to Wales. As Gabby was closer to my father than any of the family members, he went to London with him. My father had to stay in a huge army camp. Although Gabby was a very clever bird, he must have become confused. It was extremely difficult for him to pick out one man in green amongst thousands of other green-clad ones. Gabby obviously decided to look for his family back at his old home in Wales. He disappeared from the camp in London and after several months, one of our neighbours was surprised to find him sitting on her washing line. He surprised her even more when he said, "Hello!" The poor lady dropped her washing and dashed indoors to recover. Other neighbours saw Gabby flying about our house until he must have realised that we were away. Thinking about it, we were quite sure that Gabby had gone to spend the rest of his life with the other parrots. There is always a large colony of them in some tall trees at the bottom of the field. We think that the ones we see nowadays are Gabby's relatives and descendants, but none of them ever said, "Hello!" to us! (Adapted from Pet Stories for Children by Hazel Wilkinson) 71. Who was Gabby?

Q72 Open-ended 2 marks

What was the problem faced by the writer and his family when they decided to go away for a summer holiday?

Q73 Open-ended 2 marks

Why do you think the family held their breath when Gabby flew off?

Q74 Open-ended 2 marks

In what way was Gabby clever as mentioned in paragraph 3?

Q75 Open-ended 2 marks

Which two-word phrase tells you that Gabby had been to many places?

Q76 Open-ended 2 marks

Was the writer with his father in the army camp? How do you know?

Q77 Open-ended 2 marks

In line 31, what does the "green-clad ones" refer to?

Q78 Open-ended 2 marks

Why was Gabby unable to recognise the writer's father?

Q79 Open-ended 2 marks

Why did Gabby disappear from the camp in London?

Q80 Open-ended 2 marks

How do you describe Gabby's relationship with the writer and his family? Support your answer with an evidence from the passage.

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