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Form 3 March Reading
Form 3 March Reading
SEKOLAH MENENGAH
KEBANGSAAN LUTONG
ARAHAN:
1. Tulis nama dan angka giliran pada kertas jawapan anda.
2. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi lima bahagian yang terdiri daripada 40 soalan.
Jawab semua soalan. Baca arahan bagi setiap bahagian dan soalan dengan
teliti.
3. Tulis jawapan anda pada kertas jawapan yang disediakan. Anda perlu
melengkapkan kertas jawapan anda dalam masa yang ditetapkan.
4. Sila gunakan pensel untuk menulis jawapan pada kertas jawapan anda.
5. Serahkan kertas jawapan anda kepada pengawas peperiksaan selepas tamat
ujian.
Part 1
Questions 1 – 8
Read the text carefully in each question. Choose the best answer A, B or C. For each
question, mark the correct answer A, B or C on your answer sheet.
1. The phrase We are now here tells us that the bakery has been
A replaced
B repainted
C relocated
Part 2
Questions 9 - 16
Read the text below and correct the underlined errors.
For each question, write the correct word in the space provided on your answer sheet.
[8 marks]
Example:
0 had
Part 3
Read the text below and answer questions 17 to 24.
BITTEN!
Date: 4 May
Dear Diary,
Today I was discharged from the hospital after being warded for a fortnight due to dengue
fever. Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by the female Aedes mosquitoes. I will not forget the
effects it had on me. I practically cheated death. Thank God I’m alive today.
I was running a high temperature with headaches which were so unbearable. Even the back
of my eyes ached. I could not lift my legs as there was extreme pain on the joints. Sometimes, I
vomitted.
The nurses and doctors gave me good care. They were worried because my fever was
erratic. I was asked to sleep under a mosquito-net and they came and checked on me frequently.
Thanks to the doctors and nurses, I’m fine now and back home.
Questions 17 - 24
Complete the following table.
Choose no more than three words and/or a number from the text for each answer. For each
question, write your answer in the space provided on your answer sheet.
Symptoms:
(19) ____________________________
(20) ____________________________
(21) ____________________________
(22) ____________________________
[8 marks]
Part 4
Read the text and answer questions 25 to 34.
When I was at school, I played some football and rugby. I hated rugby because I
couldn’t catch the ball, but I enjoyed football. I started out being a terrible player and
nobody wanted me to be on their team. But I started to improve slowly and, after a few
years, the other kids in the school accepted me as a player, not a fantastic one, but one
who wouldn’t do anything stupid.
When I was at university, I stopped playing sports altogether. I was working too
hard, started eating too much, and, worst of all, I started smoking. By the time I was
thirty, I was overweight and unfit.
Then one day, I was sitting in the park, smoking a cigarette. I was watching these
guys running. They looked slim, fit and healthy, and some of them were much older
than me. When I got home, I looked in the bathroom mirror and, well, I suppose I just
didn’t like what I saw. At that moment, I decided to stop smoking and change my life. I
went to a sports shop, bought myself a pair of trainers, shorts and a sweatshirt. That
evening I went running around the park – for ten minutes! Physically, I felt terrible.
Everything was hurting: my legs, my chest. But inside, I did feel good about it.
The next evening, I went again. I still only did ten minutes, but I didn’t feel as I bad
as I did the day before. Within a week, I was running for fifteen minutes, then twenty,
and after three weeks I ran for thirty minutes without stopping. Quite soon, I was
running longer distances and my speed and strength were improving all the time. After
six months, I was a runner!
That was five years ago. I now run eight kilometres six times a week and love it. My
proudest moment was last year, when I ran my first marathon and finished in under
three hours. I’m fitter now than I’ve ever been, and am so glad that I went to sit in the
park that day five years ago.
26. Why did nobody want to play with him at first? __________________________ [1 mark]
28. Where was he when he decided to change his life? ________________________ [1 mark]
29. How long did he run for the first time? _________________________________ [1 mark]
.
Questions 33 and 34
Complete the table below with a word from the text.
For each question, write your answer in the space provided on your answer sheet.
Meaning Word
[10 marks]
It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's everywhere. When
squeezing past someone in a narrow space, people say 'sorry'. 35 In
Germany, people would never dream of doing this: bus drivers are just doing their job!
I used to think the German way, until I was in Britain for a few years. I understood that
there were more polite ways of treating people and I began to adopt some of those
ways too!
When people buy something in a shop, both customer and shop assistant usually thank
each other, twice or more. 36 British students thank their lecturers when
leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, but
Germans think that paying their workers money is already thanks enough!
I must say that British politeness is a little puzzling to me. 40 And then
I think: maybe, drinking is a good excuse for being rude once in a while. After all,
having to be polite all the time can be stressful, right?
C In Germany, it would be unusual to hear more than one ‘thank you’ in such a conversation.
However, I found it hard to understand who was really my friend and who was ‘just being
D
polite’.