SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN AIR ITAM

UJIAN PRESTASI 1
ENGLISH

Tingkatan: 4………… Nama: …………………………………………… Masa : 1 jam

Kertas soalan mengandungi 5 halaman bercetak

Instructions: Answer ALL questions.

Section A: Write your answers on page 5.

1. 3. “ A meeting will be held on the 19th of March 2019 at

4M2 classroom to discuss the up-coming Inter-class
Scrabble Championship. The meeting will start at 1p.m.
Your attendance is greatly appreciated. Please be
punctual.”
President of English Language Society
SMK Sri Mawar

The purpose of this announcement is to…

A appreciate the members
B inform details about the competition
From the chart above, we can conclude that the C inform members about the meeting
number of teen smokers in Penang… D remind the members to be punctual
A is on the rise.
B consists of secondary school students only.
C has dropped by approximately 50% since 2001. 4. Hashim: Why would the burglar knock him out
D is directly related to the number of smokers and not steal a thing from the house? It
in Malaysia. just does not add up.
Justin : I was just wondering the same thing.

2. From the dialogue, add up means…

A sum up C make sense
B stay up D make up

5. After visiting a mystical woman, who filled

me with elaborate tales of my future life, I
returned home to an inquisitive family who
wished to know all the details of her
The advertisement tells us that… predictions. They listened for a while and
A the free t-shirt can be more expensive than the then became critical of her statement, saying
one you purchase. I was naïve. They started to put her down, so
B the promotion is valid for one day only. I asked my brother if he wanted to fight out
C the promotion is valid for one per customer only. with me.
D there is no limit to the number of t-shirts you From the extract above, we know that the…
will get for free. A writer went to a fortune teller
B writer’s brother punched the writer
C writer’s family agreed with the mystical woman
D writer’s family accused the writer of being
brave

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Questions 6 - 10:

Upin and Ipin is __6__ animation series about a pair of 5-year-old twins named Upin and Ipin who
__7__ their first ever fast in the month of Ramadhan. It is __8__ from their perspective in such a way that is
simple, comical and hilarious. __9__ grandmother and elder sister will give them __10__ and guidance as
the story goes on.

6. A the B an C a D –
7. A experience B experiences C experiencing D experienced
8. A tell B told C inform D informed
9. A They B Their C His D Her
10. A comment B advise C advice D guide
[10 marks]

Section B: Read the passage and answer following questions.

The Malaysian Shadow Play

The shadow play or the wayang kulit is a popular cultural activity of the people in
Kelantan and in some parts of Perak, Terengganu and Johor in West Malaysia. There are three
distinct types of shadow play found in these states. They are Wayang Gendek, Wayang Siam
and Wayang Jawa. The Wayang Gendek is performed mainly by the Thais whereas the
Wayang Siam and Wayang Jawa are the Malay forms. The more popular one is the Wayang
Siam. Wayang Siam is almost extinct in Malaysia but there have been efforts to revive this
form of shadow play. In the state of Kelantan, there are about 300 dalang or shadow play
masters who are capable of conducting a full performance of the wayang kulit.
The Kelantan wayang kulit tells stories from the Ramayana, a famous Indian epic. It
begins with the births of Ravana and Rama and ends with the death of the former. Others are
taken from the Malay literary versions of the Ramayana and the Hikayat Seri Rama. The
older generations of dalang are very well versed with these stories.
The right dalang has to be chosen for each performance. Each dalang possesses
several different voices and narrates the stories into a tape recorder. This serves as practice
sessions to minimize mistakes at the life performance. The style of the language during
practice varies little from that of the actual performance. The language of the performance
consists of dialogues and monologues spoken by the characters and an occasional narration
by the dalang to make announcements.
The wayang kulit performance is a combination of several skills and forms of art.
These include drama, music, the making of the puppets used, the skilful control of puppets
and the ability to change the voice. Each performance consists of an introduction in two parts,
lasting about 40 minutes and the main drama, which lasts for 3 hours. When the characters in
the performance are talking, the musical orchestra is silent. However, when there is an action,
the orchestra provides music suitable to the scene. In every performance, a good dalang will
identify himslef with the parts he plays. He ensures that he ends each performance at the most
exciting scene to encourage the audience to attend the performance the following day. Thus, it
often happens that a series of performances end in the middle of an episode.
The wayang kulit is one of the many cultural heritages found in Malaysia. Only when
one witnesses the performance can one understand the ascetic value of this ‘dance drama of
the puppets’. The art of the shadow play is indeed an aspect of the Malaysian culture that has
become a tourist attraction in Malaysia. It is only in this country that such a display of culture,
talent and traditions are displayed.

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1. According to Paragraph 1:
a) Who do we need in order to perform a shadow play?

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b) Name the types of shadow plays mentioned in the passage.

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2. Where do you think the epic Ramayana originated from?

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3. What do these words refer to in the passage?

a) the former (Paragraph 2)

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b) These (Paragraph 4)

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4. In Paragraph 3,
a) why does the dalang narrates the story into a tape recorder?

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b) what special skill does a dalang have?

__________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

5. Why does the dalang end at the most exciting part?

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6. State one example of other cultural heritage in Malaysia and give a reason why we should preserve it.

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Section C: Read the following poem The Living Photograph.

My small grandmother is tall there,

straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt,
pleated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,
a kind, old smile round her eyes.
Her big hand holds mine,
white hand in black hand.
Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye.

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 It was true after all; that look.
My tall grandmother became small.
Her back round and hunched.
Her soup forgot to boil.
She went to the awful place grandmothers go.
Somewhere unknown, unthinkable.

But there she is still,

in the photo with me at three,
the crinkled smile is still living, breathing.

1. Who are in the photograph?

________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

2. Describe the grandmother’s skirt and shoes.

________________________________________________________________________ [2 marks]

3. How does the persona describe the other world?

________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

4. Which phrase tells us that the grandmother is a Caucasian?

________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

5. Which word in the poem means ‘creased’?

________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

6. In stanza 2, what does ‘It was true after all’ mean?

________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

7. What do you infer about the persona’s grandmother from the line ‘Her soup forgot to boil’?

________________________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

8. Do you think the grandmother can be described as brave? Provide a reason for your answer.

_______________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________[2 marks]

KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

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 Answers for Section A:
1)
6)
2) 7)

3) 8)

4) 9)

5) 10)

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Section B 10
Section C 10

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Pn. Alina Yoong Ai Fen Pn. Lim Kooi Nai Encik Sangaranathan
Guru Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggeris Ketua Panitia Bahasa Inggeris A/L Govindasamy
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