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Serangoon Garden Secondary School

Preliminary 2 Examination 2011

Subject: / English Language – Paper 1
Level: / Secondary 4 Normal (Technical)
Date: / 5 August 2011
Time: / 0800-0940
Duration: / 1 hour 40 minutes

Instructions to Candidates:

Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided in the Question Paper.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Write your name, index number and class in the spaces at the top of this page.
Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
This question paper consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.

Setter: Mr Leslie Tan Vetter: Mrs Judy Tan

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Section A[20 marks]

You are a salesperson at one of the stores in Hougang Mall and have recently noticed that the students from Princewood Secondary School have been creating a commotion in the mall. You have noted down what seems unsatisfactory to you.

Given the points below, write a letter to the Principal of Princewood Secondary school and highlight your concerns regarding the problem areas. Inform the Principal on how he could improve the situation.

Problems:

  • students playing and shouting in the mall
  • they blockthe entrance of the mall
  • they use vulgarities openly and are rude
  • they litterall over the mall
  • they drawgraffiti on the walls

You are expected to write about 80 to 100 words and write in full sentences.

Dear Sir/Madam

COMPLAINT ABOUT PRINCEWOOD SECONDARY STUDENTS CREATING A COMMOTION IN HOUGANG MALL.

Section B [60 marks]

Read the following article carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Schools to Teach Internet Safety Lessons

Students here, among the most wired in the world, will soon get lessons in school that will help them navigate cyberspace safely and watch out for dangers like cyber-predators. Counsellors are also being trained to help students who develop Internet-related problems like gaming addiction, copyright infringement or cyberbullying.
Starting this year, such a package will be incorporated in the Ministry of Education’s revamped Civics and Moral Education syllabus. Students will get lessons on getting the most from the Internet safely. Issues will include the proper and responsible use of the Internet, and appropriate responses to situations encountered online.
Older students will also role-play various scenarios to reinforce the lessons learned. For students with Internet-related problems, like online-gaming addiction, the MOE is training full-time school counsellors (FTSC) to help students deal with such problems. Teachers will also be trained to identify students who are at risk and refer them to the FTSC who will take proper intervention measures.
According to a 2006 Infocomm Development Authority survey, 90 per cent of youths aged 10 to 14 are avid users of the Internet. They spend up to 6 hours online daily and use the Internet to socialize with their friends.
A survey of 1,200 secondary school students by Fei Yue Community Services found that students are generally lacking in the soft skills of cyber wellness like differentiating between right and wrong or knowing whether what they are doing online is legal or illegal.
But the Internet has its dark side too, and problems are beginning to crop up among the young. Last month, a 17-year-old game addict was sentenced to 18 months probation after he repeated tapped onto his neighbours’ wireless networks illegally to play games after his parents locked up the home modem in a last ditch bid to control his addiction.
Teenage girls are also falling prey to predators in cyberspace. In recent years, there have been several cases of men being jailed for having sex with underage girls they meet online.
The purpose of the cyber wellness initiative is to give teenagers the knowledge to recognize and deal with the dangers online so that they can make the most of the Internet without compromising their safety online. Schools can also go one step further by educating parents in the measures they can take to ensure their children are using the Internet responsibly.
Parents unfamiliar with computers and the Internet, like hawker assistant, L.K. Goh, welcomed the idea of schools teaching such lessons. Mrs Goh said that her two sons, aged 12 and 14, were always telling her that they were using the computers to study. But she suspected that they were playing games online instead of doing their work.
(Adapted from The Sunday Times, 2 February 2007)
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. For each blank write in one word only. [10]
Cyberspace can be a (1)______place and the Ministry of Education has decided to do something about it. Lessons on cyber wellness will be included in the Civics and Moral Education programme. These lessons aim to (2)______students with the skills to be safe and responsible (3)______they are online. Full-time counsellors are (4)______training in order to handle Internet-related (5)______. Among the Internet problems that youths are (6)______are online gaming addiction and online sex predators who target (7)______girls.
Parents also (8)______the cyber wellness programmes as their children will be able to (9)______the dangers of internet surfing and be (10)______to deal with them.

Answer the following questions. One-word answers or phrases are acceptable. [10]

11What does it mean to say that students here are “among the most wired in the world”? [1]

______

12What are the issues that will be included in the newly revamped Civics and Moral Education programme? [2]

______

______

13What are the ‘soft skills of cyber wellness’?[2]

______

______

14What did the parents of the 17-year-old boy do in a desperate attempt to curb his gaming addiction? [1]

______

15Write down the word in Paragraph 7 that means ‘victim’.[1]

______

16State the purpose of the cyber wellness initiative.[2]

______

______

17How does educating parents with regard to cyber wellness help them?[1]

______

18You are the Head Prefect and have been asked to plan the cyber wellness programme for your school. It is your task to write a letter to all parents giving details of the programme you have planned. You may use the information from the passage to help you and you should include the following:

  • where and when the programme will be held
  • the purpose of the cyber wellness programme
  • who will be training the students
  • why secondary school students need to be trained
  • how they may contact the school if they have any queries

Begin your letter, ‘Dear Parent or Guardian…”.

You should use details but not direct quotations from the passage. You should also include ideas of your own.

Remember to write in complete sentences and to use full paragraphs.

You are advised to write between 200 and 250 words. [40]

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Serangoon Garden Secondary School

Preliminary Examination (2) 2011

English Language – Sec 4 Normal Technical

Paper 1

Answer Scheme

Section B

  1. dangerous
  2. equip
  3. while / when
  4. undergoing / receiving
  5. problems
  6. facing
  7. underage
  8. favour / support
  9. recognise / know /understand
  10. able / trained / equipped
  1. It means that most of them easily have access to the Internet. [1]
  1. Proper and responsible use of the Internet [1]and appropriate responses to situation encountered online. [1]
  1. Differentiating between right and wrong [1], knowing what is legal and illegal on the internet. [1]
  1. They locked up the modem [1].
  1. The word is ‘prey’ [1].
  1. To give students the knowledge to recognise and deal with the dangers online [1] so that they can make the most of the Internet. [1]
  1. They will know the measures they can take. [1] or

They can take measures to ensure their children are using the Internet responsibly.

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