Keming Primary Prelims 2010
51) treated
52) decide/see/determine
53) tore/cut
54) pick/slip
55) during
56) equal
57) traveled/moved/headed/ journeyed/sailed/went
58) pretended/got/wanted/loved/volunteered/chose
59) tired/bored/sick
60) turned
61) noticing/feeling/thinking
62) adopted/raised
63) reality
64) dreaded
65) harbour
66)You will not be able to play soccer unless the weather is fine.
67) The sports carnival was cancelled due to the heavy downpour.
OR
The sports carnival was cancelled due to the fact that there was a heavy downpour.
68) Winston asked Bala where he/she had bought the game from.
69) Little did Ted realise that the waiter would steal the wallet(which/that) he had left on the table.
OR
Little did Ted realise that the wallet he had left on the table would be stolen by the waiter.
70) Much to Shawn’s relief, his lost pet was found and returned by his neighbour.
Note: had found (0 mark)
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Words with labelled numbers on the left are the answers. Taken from National Geographic website. It's a starry night in August. A clutch of eggs lies hidden more than two feet below a sandy beach. The nest holds more than 100 eggs. Each egg is about the 51) size of a golf ball. Inside each one, there may be a baby green sea turtle. From the start, what happens to these turtles 52) depends on the environment. The temperature of the sand 53) determines whether sea turtles hatch as male or female. The sand here on Costa Rica's Tortuguero Beach is warm. So more of the 54) hatchlings (turtles?) will be female. One of the turtles begins to stir 55) inside (in?) her shell. She tears at it with her caruncle. That's a sharp point on her beak. Still buried beneath the 56) sand, she breaks free from her shell. Soon, the whole 57) nest (group?) is alive with motion. The baby turtle uses her 58) flippers to climb up and up. It can take more than a day to reach the surface. She moves around, even stepping on top of her nest mates. Their movements help push sand toward the bottom of the nest. This gives the tiny turtles a boost to the top. All at once, the turtles free 59) themselves from the sand. The hatchling's journey to the water is a race for 63) survival. She is no bigger than a walnut. Crabs and night herons snatch up some of the other hatchlings on the beach. This young turtle makes it to the water. The frothy surf pushes her back. She fights to 64) swim against the breaking waves. Over and 65) over, she dives under the waves, then comes up for air. Her swim continues through the first day and night. The young turtle will not slow down for two days. |
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71. He hoped that his touch would comfort Willie.
72. The words are ‘immediately’ and ‘whizzed’.
73. The phrase is ‘her umbilical cord was still attached’.
74. Willie was physically weak and needed medical attention.
75. It was to monitor Willie’s sugar level and check for infection.
76. Five people were needed to feed her with a large amount of food andvitamins every few hours.
77. It refers to releasing Willie back to the ocean.
78. Christopher and his team were sad to part with Willie but glad that she would be able to return to her natural habitat.
79. It refers to a ship.
80. Willie was hoisted into a huge container on Lady Angelawhich took her out to sea.
Set B:
Section J: (10m)
66. Every child was given a gift for the special occasion.
OR
66. Every one of the children was given a gift for the special occasion.
67. While Peter has three stickers, Mary has only one.
OR
67. While Mary has only one sticker, Peter has three.
68.Mrs Brown walked out of the shop after she had paid for the things she bought.
OR
68. Mrs Brown walked out of the shop after paying for the things she had bought.
69. At the arrival of the Guest-of-Honour, everyone stood as a sign of respect.
70. Mrs Tan reminded us not to forget to bring our brushes for the art lesson the next day/following day.
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Section K: (20m)
71. The swordfish had attacked the people/ villagers (1m) and crippled the fishing industry. (1m)
*The fish killed and injured the villagers. (1m)
72. It refers to the swordfish swimming to the shoreline (1m) and killing and injuring swimmers and fishermen. (1m)
73. They believed (1m) that the swordfish took revenge on them for killing many of them/ the swordfish / of their own kind. (1m)
74. He loved to collect swordfish horns. (2m)
75. They used the banana tree trunks as sharp stakes to fence the shore. (1m) They attached the swordfish when their snouts got stuck in the tree trunks. (1m)
76. They were embarrassed (1m) by the fact that a twelve-year-old boy could defeat the swordfish with a simple yet successful plan which they could not. (1m)
77. It was the murder of Nadim. (2m)
OR
77. It was the plot to have Nadim killed / murdered. (2m)
78 The day that Nadim's body was found, (1m) the ground where he was found murdered turned blood-red in colour. (1m)
79. The sentence is "For many officials, the colour of the hill matched the colour of their faces".
80. The king's / King Paduka's men could not solve the swordfish problem (1m) and they failed to find Nadim's killers. (1m)
Set C:
71. They must look through the microscope at plant cells and draw the
structures of them.
72. It refers to the writer’s inability to see through the microscope.
73. He believed that anybody could see through the microscope.
74. He thought that the writer was just pretending he could not see and he
did not adjust the microscope properly.
75. The word is ‘vivid’.
76. The writer had not expected to see anything through the microscope.
77. The professor had decided that he would succeed in teaching the writer
to see through the microscope.
78. He kept on adjusting the microscope.
79. He was elated the writer had started drawing something and was hopeful
that he had finally seen the plant cells.
80. Not only did the writer not see the plant cells, he actually drew his eye.
Set D:
66.
67. Being the most responsible pupil in class, David was appointed
the class monitor by his classmates.
68. Except for yesterday, it had rained every day for almost two
weeks.
69. His life is full of fun and excitement (all the time).
70. Ron told Amy that he had watched ‘Get Smart’ the previous
night.
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71. He was afraid someone would steal his haversack and he was
reminded of why he had left home.
72. It refers to the writer’s decision to leave his home that night.
73. It is ‘grim finality’.
74. He was shocked his parents had never shown any outright
disregard for his decision to be musician.
75. The sentence is ‘We never had a dispute before.’.
76. The cues were his father’s strained voice, his restless hands and
his inability to look at the writer in the eye.
77. He was the eldest child and he would have to support the
family once his father retired in a few years’ time.
78. He felt ashamed/apologetic/remorseful.
79. It is ‘suppress’.
80. He decided to give up his ambition to be a musician and obey
his father’s decision to become a doctor or an engineer.
