CHUNG LING PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL

Second Semester Exam 2018

Senior Middle 2

ENGLISH

Paper 1

Time: 100 minutes (1 hour 40 minutes)

Instructions to candidates

1. This exam paper contains THREE pages.

2. This exam paper is divided into TWO sections:

Section A : Summary Writing (15%)

Section B : Continuous Writing (35%)

3. Answer the both sections.

4. Please write the summary on the GRID provided.

5. Handwriting (- 5m max) and word limit (- 2m max) are factors for mark deduction.

6. 1 mark will be deducted if number of words written is not stated clearly at the end of
each essay.

DO NOT TURN OVER THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

Name: ____________________ School No: __________

Class: ____________________

Prepared by: TAN HUEY MEI Checked by: ALFRED MAH LEE KOK
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SECTION A: SUMMARY WRITING (15%)
Read the following passage carefully. Write a summary on:
 the types of phobia and their characteristics
 the treatments of phobias
Your summary should be in continuous writing and should not be longer than 150 words. Credit will be given
for the use of own words. State, in brackets, the number of words you have written.

Phobias are a persistent, abnormal and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that forces the
sufferer to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous. We are not born with
phobias. It is generally recognised that phobias are learned behaviours, decisions we make at a very deep
unconscious level for very good logical reasons.

There are many types of phobia. One of them is Agoraphobia. It is a generalised fear of leaving your
home or familiar safe area, and of the inevitable panic attacks that will follow. It is the only phobia regularly
treated as a medical condition. Agoraphobia is real and serious but treatable. Experts believe that
agoraphobia is caused by a combination of biological and environmental factors, much like other disorders,
such as heart disease and diabetes. There are various treatments for those who suffer from Agoraphobia.
Among them are Behaviour Therapy, which focuses on modifying and gaining control over unwanted
behaviour and Cognitive Therapy that will change unproductive or harmful thought patterns.

Another technique that most therapists recommend is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. It is a

combination of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies (CBT). One of the benefits of these types of therapy is
that the patient learns recovery skills that are useful for a lifetime. Another therapy is the Relaxation
technique which helps individual develop the ability to more effectively cope with the stress that contribute
to phobia. The techniques taught include breathing re-training and exercise. Some people may respond to
agoraphobia treatment after a few months, while others make take a year or more.

Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders. This fear is generally recognised as a learnt behaviour, due to
possibly an event from childhood, such as getting bitten by a spider. Hypnosis helps cure a multitude of
phobias. Curing your fear of spiders is more of a mind game than anything else. It reverses these adverse
psychological thought processes by implementing confident, positive affirmations in the subconscious.
During hypnosis, you enter a serene and tranquil state, letting all tension and fear fade away. This will allow
your body and spirit to be calm while the fears and anxieties you have about spiders are removed from your
mind. Your new manner of thinking and beliefs will be recalled throughout the day to help alleviate your
fear and enable you to react in a calm, reasonable way.

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 Another type of phobia is Ichthyophobia, the fear of fish. What’s so terrifying about fish? The good
thing is that there are ways to treat this condition. You could use Hypnotherapy as it helps to reprogramme
your subconscious programmes that may be part of your fear. When these programmes are de-bugged, the
symptoms of Ichthynophobia are often minimised. However, some people do not like the feeling of loss of
control in allowing someone else to play with their minds.

Another approach would be Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) which is basically the study and
practice of how we create our reality. From the NLP viewpoint, a phobia is the result of programmes or
thoughts that you have created that do not work very well. With NLP, these thoughts are revealed and re-
programmed so that the Ichthyophobia is minimised and often eliminated. This intervention is quite
effective. If that doesn’t work out for you well, maybe you should try Energy Psychology. Studies have
shown this technique to be the most effective. It is based on a theory and practice that has been around for a
few thousand years. It has the same foundation roots as acupuncture, except in this case there are no needles
used. You can call it emotional acupuncture without the needles.

All kinds of phobia can be treated. It depends on how an individual reacts to the type of treatment
that he undergoes. The treatment could take a week or even a month or a year to overcome the phobia.

(Adapted from Malaysian Today, 3-5 January, 2006)

SECTION B: CONTINUOUS WRITING (35%)

Write a composition of between 350-400 words on ONE (1) of the following topics. State, in brackets, the
number of words you have written.

1. How should a student deal with stress?

2. The importance of having good neighbours.

3. Primary and secondary school students should wear school uniforms. Do you agree?

4. ‘When teenagers become delinquents, parents should be blamed.’ What are your views?

5. Discuss the causes and consequences of high school students dropping out of high schools?

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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Answer:

Points Mark
1. Agoraphobia - fear of leaving your home or familiar safe area, and of the inevitable panic 1
attacks that will follow.
2. Behaviour Therapy; which focuses on modifying and gaining control over unwanted behaviour 1
3. Cognitive Therapy; change unproductive or harmful thought patterns 1
4. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT); a combination of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies. 1
5. Relaxation technique; helps individual develop the ability to more effectively cope with the 1
stress that contribute to phobia
6. Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders. 1
7. Hypnosis; 1
reverses the adverse psychological thought processes by implementing confident, positive
affirmations in the subconscious OR allows your body and spirit to be calm while the fears and
anxieties you have about spiders are removed from your mind.
8. Ichthyophobia, the fear of fish 1
9. Hypnotherapy; helps to reprogramme your subconscious programmes that may be part of your 1
fear.
10. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP); NLP revealed and re-programmed your existing 1
thoughts that do not work well
11. Energy Psychology; It has the same foundation roots as acupuncture, except in this case there 1
are no needles used.

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 There are various types of phobia. Agoraphobia is the fear and panic of leaving home or familiar safe

place. Behaviour, Cognitive Therapy or the combination of both therapies can treat Agoraphobia. These

therapies help change one’s faulty or negative thinking, and assists in shifting unhealthy behaviours. Besides,

relaxation technique is able to treat agoraphobia too. It helps patient to cope with the stress contributed to

phobia more effectively. Next, Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders. Hypnosis helps treat Arachnophobia. It

changes one’s unfavourable thought by implementing confident, positive affirmations in the subconscious

which helps remove the anxiety of one has about spiders. Lastly, Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish. To treat

Ichthyophobia, Hypnotherapy is used to reprogramme one’s subconscious programmes that may be part of his

fear. It can also be treated by Neuro-Linguistic Programming which reveals and re-programmes the existing

thoughts that do not work well.

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