SECTION 1: CHARACTERS (10 MARKS)

A. MATCHING: MATCH EACH CHARACTER ON THE LEFT WITH ITS DESCRIPTION ON

THE RIGHT. WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN THE ANSWER BOX PROVIDED. (5 MARKS)

1. Jay and Neang A. a young giant, big and strong, a symbol of strength.
Ruot B. hard-working fisherman, set his traps made of
2. Mekala bamboo and reeds to catch the fish.
3. Riem Esau
4. Fisherman C. A young stupid couples, no commonsense in life.
5. Fisherman's D. pure and beautiful girl , a symbol of light.
Wife
E. was a very pretty woman but careless and untidy.
6. Merchant
7. Merchant's F. a trader who bought and sold cloth and household
Wife goods up and down the river.
8. Hunter G. A thrifty, careful and commonsense woman.
9. The Happy
Prince H. to hunt animals for food and business.
10. Hitchhiker I. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold,
for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red
ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
J. a person who travels by asking for free rides in other
people's cars.

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B. Match the two columns to make expressions.

1. lost a. good care
2. take b. . in thought
3. lose c. a fever
4. get d. consciousness
5. do e. in love
6. long f. ago
7. catch g. to work
8. fall h. one’s best
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SECTION 2: GAP FILLINGS (10 MARKS)
CHOOSE EACH WORD FROM THE BOX TO COMPLETE EACH GAP IN THE STORY
FOLLOWS. WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN THE ANSWER IN GAP PROVIDED.

A. collect D. tatters G. couple J. mistress

B. exchange E. carelessness H. household k. beggars
C. thrifty F. hut I. vegetables l. sandalwood

The Fisherman's Wife and the Merchant's Wife

Once upon a time, long ago, there lived a very poor(1)_G_____. The
husband was a hard-working fisherman. Each evening he would set in the river
his traps made of bamboo and reeds and then, the next morning, he would (2)
____________the fish caught in them. His wife was a very pretty woman but
careless and untidy. Their small hut on the river bank was never clean and as
she was too lazy to mend their clothes both of them walked around in(3) _____.
Every morning the couple would go out together to collect the fish caught
during the night. The husband would put them in a big basket his wife carried
on her back while he gathered in the traps. The basket had a hole in it which the
lazy woman never bothered to repair so that as she followed her husband along
the river's edge many fish fell out. This meant that although the couple always
had enough fish to eat they never had more than a few to sell at the market and
so could not earn much money to buy(4) ____________, rice and clothes.
Another couple lived on the riverside. The husband was a trader who
bought and sold cloth and (5) _____________goods up and down the river. One
day the fisherman and his wife passed the merchant's boat, which was tied up at
a jetty, and the merchant's wife saw that about half the fisherman's catch fell out
of the basket on his wife's back. She felt sorry for the poor fisherman who
worked so hard and whose fish were lost because of his wife's(6) __________.
With only a little effort both of them could be much better off, she thought, so
she said to the woman, ‘Why don't you take some reeds and grass and mend the
basket? It wouldn't take you long.’
When her husband heard her speak like this he was very angry. ‘Why do
you interfere?’ he said. ‘What they do is none of your business.’ Then he saw
that although the fisherman's wife was very untidy she was very, very pretty. ‘If
you care so much for that poor man,’ he told his wife, ‘you can go and live with
him and I'll take his wife to live with me.’ And the more he looked at the
fisherman's wife the prettier she seemed. ‘Shall we(7) _______________wives,
fisherman?’ he asked. The poor fisherman didn't know what to say. ‘It doesn't
seem right. I have so little. How could I keep a woman who is used to having
everything she wants?’ ‘She's so concerned about you she must like
you,’ replied the merchant. ‘I am happy to exchange her for your wife.’ And so

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the fisherman agreed and the merchant's wife went to live with him and the
fisherman's wife became the (8)_______________of the trading boat.
Straight away the merchant's wife mended the fish basket and the next
day, for the first time in his life, the fisherman had a big surplus of fish to sell at
the market. Every day from then on the couple had plenty of fish to sell and
soon they were able to leave the(9) ______by the river and live in a good house.
The woman looked to the future too. She didn’t want her husband to
remain a fisherman all his life. She hoped he would find an easier job that
brought in more money. Because his previous wife hadn’t fed him well, he
wasn’t very fit, so she prepared good food for him and encouraged him to do
exercises every morning and go for a run before breakfast to build up his body.
At the same time she showed him how to be(10) ______________. ‘When you
run, don’t waste your time,’ she told him. ‘If you see and small pieces of wood
lying around pick them up and bring them back to me so that we don’t have to
buy wood to cook with.’
Soon the fisherman became strong and could run far into the forest each
morning. One day he brought back a piece of (11) _____________among the
other sticks. Because she had lived so long with the merchant the woman knew
this perfumed wood was very valuable and much in demand for making
ornaments, fans and boxes. She sent her husband back into the forest to look for
sandalwood trees and very soon they stopped earning their living from fishing.
Instead, the husband cut down sandalwood that his wife sold to merchants. She
was so careful in the house and managed the selling so pleasantly and cleverly
that the business expanded and they could hire people to work for them. They
became very rich. And because they worked well together they were also very
happy.
In the meantime, the pretty, lazy woman, who had gone to live with the
merchant cared for nothing but herself. She didn’t clean the boat or help with
the business. She didn’t cook or make clothes, she just bought whatever she
wanted and ate and slept her life away. When she had a baby she didn’t even
bother to wash its nappies but simply threw the dirty ones away and cut new
ones from the supply of cloth her husband had on the boat. She was so careless
and helped so little that the business went badly and the husband had to sell his
boat. Because he was the only one who worked and his new wife didn’t look
after the money he earned, they became poorer and ended up as(12) _________.
One day, as they were begging along the street, they stopped at the home
of the ex-fisherman and his wife. The wife recognised her former husband who
was now dressed in rags. ‘Why are you so poor?’ she asked. ‘My second wife
was no help to me,’ he replied, ashamed, ‘and so I lost my business.’ The
woman could not neglect the man who used to be her husband and gave him a
good sum of money before sending him and his family on their way. Then the
careful, clever wife and her hard-working husband lived happily ever after.

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SECTION 3: COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (20 MARKS)
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. What is the moral of the story above?

2. Personally, what do you learn from this story?

3. Who would you appreciate for? Why and why not?

4. Who makes all the important decisions in a story?

5. List three things which decide the relationship between the fishman and
his new wife.

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 FLOW CHART COMPLETION (5 MARKS)
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHART BELOW BY SHOWING
A. THE THREE MAIN IDEAS IN HINDUISM
B. THE EIGHT-FOLD PATHS IN BUDDHISM

THREE MAIN IDEAS IN

HINDUISM

Right understanding ____________________ ____________________

THE EIGHT-
____________________ FOLD PATHS IN ____________________
BUDDHISM

____________________ ____________________ ____________________

SECTION 4: READING (10 MARKS)

READ THE PASSAGE BELOW CAREFULLY AND THEN CHOOSE THE CORRECT
ANSWER FOR THE QUESTIONS BELOW THE PASSAGE. WRITE YOUR ANSWERS
IN THE BOXES PROVIDED.

Although speech is the most advanced form of communication, there are

many ways of communicating without using speech. Signal, signs, symbols, and
gestures may be found in every known culture. The basic function of a signal is
to impinge on the environment in such away that it attracts attention, as, for
example, the dots and dashes of a telegraph circuit. Coded to refer to speech, the
potential for communication is very great. Less adaptable to codification of
words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or a barber
ole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently. Symbols are more difficult to
describe than either signals or signs because of their intricate relationship with
the receiver's cultural perceptions. In some cultures, applauding in a theatre
provides performers with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such as
waving and handshaking also communicate certain cultural messages.

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 Although signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are very useful, they do have
a major disadvantage. They usually do not allow ideas to be shared without the
sender being directly adjacent to the receiver. As a result, means of
communication intended to be used for long distances and extended periods are
based upon speech. Radio, television, and telephone are only a few.

1. Which of the following would (D) intrude

be the best title for the passage?
(A) Speech 5. The word "it" in line 4 refers to
(B) Communication (A) way
(C) Gesture (B) environment
(D) Signs and Signals (C) signal
(D) function
2. What does the author say about
speech? 6. The word "potential" in line 6
(A) It is the most advanced form of could best be replace by
communication. (A) possibility
(B) It is necessary for (B) organization
communication to occur. (C) advantage
(C) It is dependent upon the (D) range
advances made by inventors.
(D) It is the only true form of 7. The word "intricate" in line 9
communication. could best be replaced by
(A) uncertain
3. According to the passage, what (B) historical
is a signal? (C) complicated
(A) The form of communication (D) inefficient
most related to cultural
perceptions 8. Applauding was cited as an
(B) A form of communication that example of
interrupts the environment (A) a gesture
(C) A form of communication that (B) a symbol
may be used across long (C) a sign
distances (D) a signal
(D) The most difficult form of
communication to describe

4. The phrase "impinge on" in line

4 is closet in meaning to
(A) prohibit
(B) vary
(C) improve

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9. Why were the telephone, radio, 10.
and TV invented?
(A) People wanted new forms of
entertainment.
(B) People believed that sings,
signals, and symbols were
obsolete.
(C) People wanted to communicate
across long distances.
(D) People were unable to
understand signs, symbols, and
signals.
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It may be concluded from the
passage that
(A) waving and handshaking are
not related to culture
(B) only some cultures have
signals, signs and symbols
(C) symbols are very easy to define
and interpret
(D) signal, signs, symbols and
gestures are forms of
communication
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