NECTA

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(For Both School.and Private Candidates)
Time: 3 Hours Monday, 03rd November 2014 p.m.
Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D.
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2. Answer all questions in sections A and B; and sections c and D as instructed under each
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3. Cellular phones and calculators are not allowed in the examination room.
4. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s}
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.SECTIONA(lO Marl�s)
COMPREHENSIONA􀀤D SUMMARY
1. Read the passage below carefullythen answerthe·questioris that follow.
Upendo was avery beautiful girl who was admired by many people for her beauty and charm.
Upendo was als,o hard working_ at home and upheld the respect_ for people. However her
friends were very jealous of her and always ill-:-treated her. One day her friends were going to
visit a reputed specialist to have their teeth filed, spaced and beautified. Upendo joined the
girls. They all had their teeth beautifully done and the girls looked very attractive and
charming but no one looked as pretty as Upendo. The specialist praised Upendo's teeth and
beauty and added that she had natural beauty and charm in everything. This annoyed the girls.
On their way home, they met some young men in the forest. Those young men ·admired
Upendo's teeth. This made the girls become angry as they were already very jealous of ')
Upendo's beauty. They all agreed to getrid of Upendo, by burying her alive in a hole which ---·
was somewhere in the forest.
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It was now suggested that they should all enter the .forest an􀀗 gather some fire)Vood to take
back home. As was the custom, they always brought ·some- firewood with them. They all
agreed to go and gather. firewood and Upen4o was partiql.llarly ·􀀨ager to take some home.
After the girls had collected the firewood, they set off for home. When they reached the hole
in the forest, they pushed Upendo in it so quickly that she did not have time to scream. They
sealed the hole very carefully and so buried her alive. On their way home, they did not talk to
anybody about Upendo. That evening Upendo did
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-not return home. Her parents went about
asking Upendo's friend if they had been with Upendo or if they had seen her that day. They
all denied having been with her or having seen her. Her parents,walked all over the village in
search of her. All this time Upendo was crying bitterly .at the bottom of the hole in the forest.
Her absence caused so much concern that her father had to consult diviners and seers to find
out what had happened to his daughter, but he did not succeed.
Upendo's brother knew all the time that most of the girls in the village had been:jealous of his
sister and hated her, so he suspected foul play. He left home and started out to-search for his
sister. He traced the route which the girls had taken on their way from the specialist. When he
came upon the hole, he noticed footmarks and a bundle of firewood abandonep. nearby. He
then heard his sister's voice and confirmed that, she had been buried there by her friends. He
started digging frantically and removing the soil until he found his sister who was in good
·shape.
Upendo recounted what her friends had done to her. The girls who had tried to kill Upendo
were taken before elders and their case was heard and judgement was passed.
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Questions
(a) Answer the questions below by choosing the mostcorrectalternative,
(b)
(i) The girls were jealous ofUpendo because of
A her beauty and charm
B working hard
C her filed teeth
D collecting firewoRd
E her brother.
(ii) The word "reputed'' used in the.passage means
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A become famous
B known by people
C be generous
D wanted always
E generally considered.
N arne three things which helped to discover Upendo' s where-about.·
A A bundle·offirewood, clothes andfootmarks
B Footmarks, a bundle of firewood and Upendo's voice
C A hole, a route to the forest, Upendo's fiiends ·
D Footmarks, girls and Upendo's voice
E A hole, Upendo's friends and a bundle of firewood
Upendo was crying bitterly
A · at her parents house
B in the specialist'house
C in the big forest
D at the bottom of the hole
E on her way to the expert.
Complete the following sentences with inforrhation from the passage.
CD The custom of the girls was to
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(ii) Upendo and her friends went to see the specialist for
-,.-----.,.-- . (iii) The girls who mistreatedUpendo wete identified and_'_· ___ _
2. Read and summarize the following passage in five (5) sentences.
The word nature is used to refer to all things in the universe that werenot made by humans,
things like trees, mountains, birds and rivers. The 'word nature comes froin the' Latin word
"natura". which means. "things ·born􀉸'. Things that· were ... npt created by humans· are called
naturaL Tl1ings made !Jy humans <;tre called "artifici􀉹l", ])ecause they were made by human art
or skilL Have you ever seen an artificial Christmas tree? It is very different from a natural tree
that was born from a seed and grew in the· ground.
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Is a gardena part of nature? The answer may be y􀀐s/no;it is 􀀑�tura1 because people did not
make the plants that are growing there. But on the other hand, a· garden is not natural; it is
artificial because people plan and take care of the garden. They do not leave everything to
nature. A garden is a good example ofpeople afl:dnatlire workingtogether;
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Are human beings parts of nature? Yes, except for the. clothes. they wear. After all, your.
clothes are made by human art. Nature includes the stars in the heavens, the sun, and the
earth; it includes things that are as big as the sky and so tiny that they can be seen only with a
microscope.
SECTION B (20 Marks)
PATTERNS AND VOCABULARY
Answer all questions in this section.
3. Special names are given to groups of things. Us.e the words below, to show a special name
given to each group: stationery, furniture, birds, subjects, animals, trees, readings,
colours, food, fruits, courses ·· -
(a) green, red, blue, yellow
(b) pawpa\V, orange, pineaple, apple
(c) chair, desk, table, stool
(d) cat, dog, rat, cow
(e) history, geography, civics; kiswahili
(f) pens, rulers, envelopes, paper
(g) novels, plays, short stories, poems
(h) education, political science, law,. engineering
4. Write the word which is not part of the list of words provided below.
(a) Plate, Spoon, Cup, Knife, Pan, Block
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(b) Milk, Cassava, Rice, Maize, Potatoes, Yams
(c) Mini skirt, Shoes, Shirt, Trousers, Shorts, T -shirt
(d) Tanzanian, Botswana, Greek, France, Togolese, Swazi
(e) Airtel, Vodacom, Tigo, Zantel, TTCL,TBC
(f) Chair, Table, Stool, Bed, Sheet, Cupboard
(g) Fanta, Pepsi, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Mirind.a, Cheniicola
(h) Moshi, Dodoma, Mbeya, _A]Usha, Morogoro, Tanga ,
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Complete the following dialogue between Lillian and Charles with ,one word in item (i)-( viii).
Lillian: Hello! Do (i) mind ifl share your Umbrella?
Charles: No, of course not.
Lillian: Er; (ii) .,..,.------- name is Lillian.
Charles: (iii) il:; Charles. I see., you have a suitcase. Are you travelling?
Lillian: (iv) have just arrived from my aunt's place and t am, waiting for my
uncle who is coming from town. A11d (v). ?
Charles: I am waiting for my uncle too who is arriving from town at three o'clock by ·
Kamega bus. What bus is. (vi) uncle taking? Do you know?
Lillian: Er, I do not exactly remember which ·one. Let (vii) .see ...... Oh! I
know: He is also travelling by Kamega bus . .I wish I knew which one.
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Charles: Never mind which one. There is only one Kamega bus from town every day. What
an odd thing that your unCle should travel on the same 'bus as my uncle! I wonder
whether (viii) know each other?
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
(a) The chief editor was not present. The sub editor was not present. (Join the two sentences
beginning with: Neither __· ____,
(b) Photojournalism is more difficult than News writing. (Begin: News writing is
· (c) If you do not work hard, you will repeat some of the papers. (Begin: Unless
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(d) Abraham was strong. He was beaten in the first round. (Rewrite using despite
Rewrite the following sentences by using the right form of a word in the bracket .
(a) We (go) to leave tomorrow morning.
(b) I (water) my flowers at this moment.
(c) He (cook) his meals every day.
(d) Yesterday I (see) peoplefighting at the market.
SECTION C(30 Marks)
LANGUAGE USE '
· · Answer questions 8, 9 and select any two (2) in question 10.
Rearrange the· following sentences in a logical sequenc􀀑 to make a meaningful paragraph by
writing the corresponding letters in the answer bookfet(s) provided ..
For example: (i) - F ,
--..-._"' A. .One day on myway to school, I saw a man running towards ine .
...__ ___ H;----LMy_frimarySchool was located very far away from home.
n C. ·So I used·tq walk a long distance to school. .
D. . I discovered that he was a mad man; thank God I managed to escape.
E. The man was holding a stick.
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9. Match each expression in List A with the word· in List B by writing the correct letter beside
the item number. . . . '
,• List A ListB
(i) Move from one place to another for A. Dissent
I settlement. B. Watch
(ii) Take hold of somything􀁟 c. Migrate
(iii) Bring to a successful'conclusion. D. Achieve
(iv) Look hastily or briefly. 􀀒 E. Invigilate )
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(v) Have a disagreement. ). F. Return- :
G. Catch 1: . I 1
H. Glance
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10 . . , Answer. two questions from the four alternatives A, B, C and D.
A. Imagine that you are a member of the school trip committee. Write a composition of
about 250 words on the eight ways you are going to u,se to raise money for your study
tour to Ngorongoro National Park. · · · · · · ·· ·
B. Write an essay of about 250 words on eight. a:reas that you can concentrate on, if you
were elected the President of Tanzania for the year 2015,.2020.
·C. Write a letter to your father to inform him on the day you are goiug to close school for
your holiday and ask him to send you some money for bus fare. Sign your name as
Matokeo Kamili.
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D. Imagine that you have graduated with a bachelor :in laws degree and you wish to apply
for a job at the High Court ofLaw. Write an applicationletter to,the Chief Justice. Sign
your name as Sikukuu Nzuri.
SECTION D (40 Marks)
RESPONSE TO READING
Answer two (2) questions from this section .. One (1) question should be s􀆮lected from poetry
and the other from novels and short sto􀆯ies or plays.
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LIST OF READINGS
. NOVELS AND SHORTSTORJES .
A Wreath for Father Mayer ofMasasi- S.N. Ndunguru(l977),Mkuki naNy()ta.
Unanswered Cries - Osman Conteh, Macmillan
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Passed Like a Shadow -B.M-Mapalala (2006), DDP
Spared .􀀖 S:N; Ndunglirn (2004), Mkuki riaNyota'
Weep Not Child - Ngugi wa Tlii6ng'o (1987); 1Hein'emann ·: :
The Interview - P. Ngugi {2002), MacmilHm · ·
PLAYS
Three Suitors: One Husband.
The Lion and the Jewel
This Time Tomorrow
The Black Hermit
POETRY
Songs of Lawi11.o and Ocol ·
Growing up with Poetry·
Summons ·
- 0. Mbia (1994),. Eyre Methuen-.
- W. Soyillka (1963), OUP .. . , .
- Ngugiwa Thiong'o (1972), Heinemann
- Ngugi waThiong'o (1968), Heinemann
. - 0. P'Bitek (1979}, EAPH.
-D. Rubadiri{ed){l989), Heinemann·
'"R. Mahala (1960); TPH
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11. Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
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Hallow heads torture me with ignorance,
Blind eyes harass me with darkness,
Deaf ears tire me with silence,
Dumb voices deafen me with gibberish,
Black minds confuse me with emptiness
And, above all,
There is power and command.
With wits and ears and eyes,
I have speech and strong mind,
But I remain weak and powerless;
They fight me they kill me.
It is a fight to bring me down to silence,
To darkness and gibberish, to ignorance.
And through.brainwashing, to emptiness.
All right, my friends,
It's a battle apd I, will fight it.
. Ears andwits and eyes and speech,
And strong conscience:
These are my weapons.
And I fight to the last cell.
Question's:
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(a) What is the poem about?
(b) Mel(ltion t11e number ofstanz11s and number of verses in each stanza.
(c) Does the persona fear his enemy?
(d) Mention two possible themes in this poem.
(e) Comment on the language used in this poem.
(f) Who is the persona in this poem?
· (g) Is the poem relevant to your so􀆔iety?
(h) What is the mood of apers'ona?
(i) What type of poem is this?
(j) What do we learn from the poem?
Poets like other artists ha
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ve messages to convey to ., •. he audience. Discuss this statement using
two poems you have read under this programme. (G've four messages from each poem).
The playwrights depict the experience of their own society and .time but the issues tend to be
universal. Justify this contentio􀆕 using two readings. (Give four points from eapJ\Play).
It is believed that bad leadership in many African Societies has acted as an obstacle to
peoples' development. Use two novels to justify the statement. (Give four points from each
novel).
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