SHAMSIYE secondary & HIGH school
FORM FOUR – ENGLISH LANGUAGE pre
national
TIME: 3HRS
STUDENT’S NAME ………………….…………………………...DATE ………………
INSTRUCTION
1.
This paper
consists of four (4) sections, A, B, C
and D.
2.
Answer ALL questions from sections A, B and C and only two (2)
questions from section D.
3.
Write your
examination number or name on every page of your answer booklet.
4.
Smartness and
good arrangement of your work is compulsory for you to avoid deduction of your
marks.
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SECTION A: (10 Marks)
COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY
1.
Read the passage below then answer questions that follow after it. (05
marks)
Many people think that eating food is simply something
which is pleasant and necessary to satisfy hunger. They do not realize that a
great deal of their ill health is due to the wrong kinds of food. The reason
for this is that they do not know enough about what food is for.
In many parts of the world, notably in certain Asian
countries, there is much starvation and many people die each year because they
eat insufficient food. In these countries, the main problem is the low
production of food. In East Africa, however, starvation and prolonged hunger
are not as common as in Asia, because in most areas the climate and soil allow
the people living there to produce enough food for their needs.
A person belonging to a family in which hunger is
unknown finds it difficult to realize that some of his relatives may be ill
because of something lacking in their diet. But food is necessary not only to
satisfy hunger, but also to provide the body with certain substances to keep it
healthy. Ill health due to a poor diet is known as malnutrition. In East
Africa, malnutrition is due not to lack of food, but to lack of knowledge about
food and solution to the problem lies in the spreading of this knowledge.
It is important for people to realize that
malnutrition causes a great deal of illness and death. Moreover, apart from the
people who are obviously ill, there are many thousands who are tired or weak,
or poorly developed bodies, simply through lack of proper feeding. These people are far more likely to get
common diseases such as tuberculosis, infections, diarrhea than those with a
good diet, and they do not recover from them quickly.
It is extraordinary how many people are unaware of the
serious problem of malnutrition in their country. Many people are surprised
when they see a case, or a photograph of a case, of a common nutritional
disease, kwashiorkor, saying that they never realized it existed or how
horrible it was. Malnutrition is most common and severe in children under five
years of age, and women of child-bearing age. It has been going on for years
and is likely to become more widespread as more and more people go to live in
big towns, and cease to grow their own food.
People tend to think that the problem of malnutrition
is something for doctors or the Ministry of Health to solve. It is true that
medical staffs are necessary to cure diseases due to malnutrition, but the
solution is not cure but prevention. Because nutrition is a wide subject, the
prevention of malnutrition needs a wide attack by people trained in many
different branches of knowledge. It needs the co-operation of people from
several ministries working in very different fields. Thus, the medical man, by
examining patients, becomes aware of what faults there are in diet of people
living in a certain area, community or family.
The agricultural officer knowing theses faults can
attempt to increase the production of certain foods. The home economist or
domestic science teacher can demonstrate and advise people on how best to
prepare these foods. Above all, the teacher can instruct people about food and
nutrition. However, although education
perhaps holds the key to the solution, it is vital to realize that the problems
are best solved by team-work: by people in quite different jobs co-operating
with one common aim in view.
QUESTIONS
A. Using the passage above answer the following
questions (2.5 marks) (0.5 marks @ =2.5 marks)
i.
According to the writer, why do many people eat the wrong food?
They do not know enough about what food is for
ii.
The main difference between certain Asian countries and East Africa is that.........
In Asia
people starve because of low production of food while in East Africa they
produce enough food for their needs just they lack knowledge about food
iii.
With reference to the passage what is malnutrition?
It’s an Ill
health due to a poor diet
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What are the effects of malnutrition?
Death, illness and common diseases
such as tuberculosis, infections and diarrhea, tiredness or becoming weak and
having poorly developed bodies,
v.
How can the problem raised in the passage be solved?
By
team-work: people in quite different jobs co-operating with one common aim in
view.
A.
Basing on the passage, complete the table below using the format given
in (i) as an example.
( 2.5
marks)
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İt must not only be cured
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also be preventive
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Food is necessary not
only to satisfy hunger
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also to keep the body healthy
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Malnutrition is due not
only to lack of food
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But also to lack of knowledge about food
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Malnutrion causes not
only illness
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also death
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İt affects not only small
children
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But
also among young women
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İt must be prevented not
only by doctors
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also everybody
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2.
Summarise the passage below in not more than 120 words
(05 Marks)
As
what geographers have estimated, about twenty percent of the earth’s surface is
occupied by deserts . A majority of us view deserts as one unique kind of
landscape areas with little or no rainfalls. In actual fact, there are
differences between deserts, though in varying degrees. While it is common for
laymen like us to see deserts as rocky or covered with gravel or pebbles, there
are some where large sand dunes inhabit. Despite the fact that rainfall is
minimal, temperature do change in deserts ranging from seasonal ones to daily
changes where extreme hotness and coldness are experienced in the day and night.
Unfavourable
conditions in the deserts especially the lack of water have dicouraged many
living things from inhabiting these landscape. Nevertheless, there are
exceptionally surviving ones which through their superb tactics, have managed
to live through and are still going strong. One such kind is the specialist
annual plants which overcome seasonal temperature changes with their extremely
short, active life cycles. In events of sudden rain, the palant seeds pollute
and grow very quickly to make full use of the rain water. Their flowers bloom
and set seeds that ripen quickly in the hot sun too. Once the water runs dry,
the mother plant dies, leaving behind the drought-resistant seeds waiting
patiently for the next rainy season to
arrive.
The
cacti, a native in American desert adapts to the dry surroundings by having
unique body structure. The plant has swollen stems to help store water that
carries it through months. By having sharp pines instead leaves, water loss
through respiration is minimized, besides, these pointed pines also help the
plant ward off grazing animals, thus enhancing its survival period.
Besides
plant, there are also animals with distinct surviving tacticts in deserts too.
For instance, Skinks (desert lizard) metabolize stored fats in their bulbous
tails, producing water to supplement their needs just like what camels do with
the stored food in their humps during long journeys through deserts. Antelopes
like the addax, have very low water needs and hebce are able to tolerate the conditions
in deserts, extracting moistures from the food they eat.
Finally,
there are the sand grouses (desert birds) which do not have special feature to
overcome the drought-like nature in deserts. Hence, to survive in these hot,
dry deserts, they need to spend a large part of their time flying in search of
waterholes.
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SAMPLE SUMMARY (05 Marks)
Despite the dry condition in the
deserts, some plants and animals still manage to survive there. One of them is
the specialist annual plants. Their short life cycles allow them to germinate,
grow and produce seeds during short rainy seasons. These seeds re
drought-resistant and are able to wait for the next rainy season before
starting their life cycles again. The cacti adapts to the dry weather by having
swollen stems for water storage and pine-like leaves to minimize water loss
through respiration. Skinks generate water from stored fats in their tails and
antelopes which require very little water, survive in deserts by extracting
water from food they eat. Finally, and grouse with no adaptive features turn to
waterholes constantly for help.
NB: Any relevant summary should be taken
into consideration.
SECTION B: (20 Marks)
PATTERNS AND
VOCABULARY
3.
Correct the
following sentences where necessary (04
marks)
i. He spoke to Lena and I.
He
spoke to Lena and I. (me)
ii. I am one among the members of the food commitee
I
am one among the members of the food commitee (committee)
iii. My sister is so happy
because a young man paid her a complement
My sister is so happy because a young man paid
her a complement (compliment)
iv. That shop is her’s.
That
shop is her’s. (hers)
4.
Complete the
crossword puzzle below by using the missing words from the passage below
(04 marks)
A Gypsy’s life is very 1 (a)
........................... from that of 2 (a) .................. people. Instead of living in 3 (d) ..................... homes, Gypsies travel around the
country. They have their own 4 (a) ...................... language and laws. Many people
dislike the Gypsies. Others who are more 5(d)
.......................... are very 6(d) ...................... towards them,
for the 7 (d) ............................... 8(a) ......................... ideas of Gypsy, life still linger on.
NOTE: (a) = across and (d) = down
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5.
In
the family tree below, imagine that you are Mr. Chapakazi who wish to introduce
your wife’s family to your own parents. Write the introduction making sure that
you mention every member in her family and say how he or she (the member)
relates to your wife. (04 marks)
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KEY: Indicates children
Indicates
couples
Start with “My beloved parents, I wish
to………………………………………………
My beloved parents, I wish to
introduce Mr. Masanja, my father in law and Mrs. Veronica, my mother in law.
These are the parents of my beloved wife, Angelina. They have four children,
three women and one man. There is my wife Angelina, her two sisters; Martha and
Monica and her one and only brother Mr. Mapinduzi. Mr. Mapinduzi has two
children, Constantine and Catherine. So, Constantine is my wife’s nephew and
Catherine is her niece, both of them therefore, call my wife aunt. Catherine
has a daughter named Joyce. She is a grand daughter to my wife and so Catherine
calls my wife a grandmother.
(04
marks) (A student has to mention all members in Angelina’s family and their
relationship, at least in eight sentences. (0.5 mark @))
6.
Complete the
following dialogue between Jack and Happy: (04
marks)
Happy : Hello, Jack (i) ------------------------------?
Jack: I’m fine and what about you?
Happy: Fine Jack.
Jack: Have you seen your English
results?
Happy: No, no. Jack.(ii) ------------------------------?
Jack: Happy, are you not aware! Oh!
Since yesterday!
Happy: (iii)
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Jack: Me! Not bad, I have scored B.
Happy: wow! (iv) ----------------------------------------------------------------
too.
Jack: Ok Happy, do hurry the teacher
might leave soon. Goodbye Happy!
Happy: Bye! Jack.
i.
How are you?
(ii) Are they out?
(iii) How much
have you scored Jack?) (01 mark @ =04 marks)
(iv) Let me go to the office and take my
results too.
7.
Rewrite each of
the following sentences as instructed (04
marks)
i.
The room will
be cleaned by Marry. (begin the sentence with : Marry....)
ii.
She didnt buy a
book. (write the sentence in its affirmative form)
iii.
He studies in
form four. (make it as an interrogative)
iv.
Lets go home
early today (write its question tag)
(i) Marry will clean the room
(ii) She bought a book
(iii) Does he
study in form four? (01 mark @ =04 marks)
(iv) Shall we?
SECTION
C: (30 marks)
LANGUAGE
USE
8.
Rearrange the
following jumbled sentences to make a meaningful paragraph by writing their
numbers against the letters in the box provided. (05 marks)
A.
Such a man goes
on working hard and even if he fails he is never downcast.
B.
It is
therefore, the man who labors hard with a strong resolution and an unshaken
will who achieves success and makes his fortune.
C.
In turn
failures make him all the more determined and resolute and helps persists in
his task till he attains the desired success
D.
A man who
possesses a strong will and firm determination finds all difficulties solved
E.
To him there
are a thousand ways open to steer clear of all dangers and difficulties.
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Match the
following figurative expressions in column A with their possible correct
meanings from column B, through writing the letters against their corresponding
numbers in the box provided. (05 marks)
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Get down to
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forget
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Get along
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Be able to
deal seriously with
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Get over
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Be in trouble
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Get into hot
water
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Be successful
in something which usually results in punishment or misfortune
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Get away with
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and in harmony with
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10.
Answer two (2)
of the four alternatives A, B, C and D
below.
A.
You
have noticed that a local bus service has become inefficient in recent weeks.
Buses are infrequent and sometimes three or four going to the same place arrive
at the bus-stop at the same time. On other occasions buses with empty seats
fail to stop for you. Write a letter to the General Manager of the Company
complaining about the service. (10
marks)
B.
You have been
appointed as one of the main speakers in the discussion on the topic “Science made life easier”, argue for
or against using 8 points. (10 marks)
C.
Your mother has
asked you and your young brother to take a responsibility for the evening meal
for the whole family. This means you can make your favourate meal and make sure
that your brother follows each step so that next time when he is alone he will
be able to prepare that meal. First, make a list of the ingredients you need
and explain exactly how to make the meal
(10 marks)
D.
Write an
invitation card to request your sister’s friend to attend on your nephew’s
birthday dinner party on 6th September at Hill park hotel from 6.00pm. (10 marks)
SECTION
D: (40 Marks)
RESPONSE
TO READING
Answer two (2) questions
from this section. One (1) question from poetry and
the
other from novels and short stories or plays
LIST OF READINGS
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES
A Wreath for Fr. Mayer S.N.
Ndunguru
Unanswered
Cries Osman
Conteh
Passed like a
Shadow B.M.
Mapalala
Spared S.
N. Ndunguru
Weep Not, Child Ngugi wa
Thiong’o
The Interview P. Ngugi
PLAYS
Three Suitors:
One Husband O.Mbia
The Lion and
the Jewel W. Soyinka
This Time
Tomorrow Ngugi
wa Thiong’o
The Black
Hermit Ngugi
wa Thiong’o
POETRY
Songs of Lawino
and Ocol O. P’ Bitek
Growing up with
Poetry D. Rubadiri
Summons R.
Mabala
11.
Read the
following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Sleepless
in Angola (Joseph Kariuki)
They
no longer sleep.
Dissonant
machine-gun cracks
And
the wails of their dying
Have
drowned their dying
And
tomorrow-
Will
there be a tomorrow?
They
can no longer sleep.
A
wind of awakening blowing from the north-
To
dispel the despair of life’s mockery
So
that by death their children may live
Once
again as men
Ha
called them to resist.
They
are not alone
Their
moans find echoes in the torn continent.
And
the oppressors shall never again
Till
the envied blood-clogged earth
in
peace.
They
shall no longer sleep.
QUESTIONS
i.
What is this
poem about? (01 mark)
ii.
Comment on the
title of the poem (01 marks)
iii.
What is the
structure of the poem? (01 Mark )
iv.
Justify five (5
) possible themes of the poem (10 marks)
v.
Is
this poem modern or traditional? Why? Give two reasons (01 mark)
vi.
With examples
comment on the language used and elaborate how does the poet’s diction help him
in portraying the intended message to you as a reader? Use the following
guidelines:
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Appropriateness
(01 marks)
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Effectiveness (01 marks)
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Figures of
speech ( give four examples) (02
marks)
vii.
Is the poem
relevant to your society? How? show
vividly (02 mark)
12.
“Despite the
fact that women have always been seen weak and delicate, their role in the
society has always been very positive”. Prove this statement by using three (3)
poems of your choice , 3 points each ) (20
marks)
13.
It is claimed
that “an educated person is not necessarily civilized” discuss the truth of the
statement using two novels you have read. Provide evidences using three characters from each of the novels (20 marks)
14.
“Building the
future needs one’s self awareness and personality, self confidence and
sacrifice”. How far is this statement true from two plays you have done? Use
two characters one from each play (20
marks)
