中二 英文試卷 (F2 English Past Paper)
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Secondary 2
Belilios Public School
Half-yearly Examination, 2015-2016
Literature in English
QUESTION PAPER
Time Allowed: 1 hour
Maximum Marks: 50
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your name, class and class number in the spaces provided on this page and the Answer Sheet.
2. Answer ALL questions.
3. Write your answers clearly and neatly in the spaces provided on the Answer Sheet. Answers written on
the Question Paper will NOT be marked.
Short Story (15 marks)
Read the extract from 'The Gift of the Magi' below and answer the questions that follow based on your
understanding of the whole story.
Section A Short
Della finished her crying and put powder on her cheeks. She stood by the window and looked
out sadly at a grey cat walking along a grey fence in a grey backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas
Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she
could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater
than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a gift for Jim. Her Jim. Many happy
hours she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and real -
something almost worth the honour of belonging to Jim.
There was a long, narrow mirror between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen
such a mirror in an $8 flat. A very thin person who could move quickly may get a good view of
himself by seeing only a little of himself at a time. Della, being thin, had mastered this art.
Suddenly she turned from the window and stood before the mirror. Her eyes were shining
brightly, but her face had lost its colour within twenty seconds. Quickly she pulled down her hair
and let it fall to its full length.
Now the James Dillingham Youngs owned two things that they were very proud of. One was
Jim's gold watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair. If a
queen had lived in the rooms nearby, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day
to dry, just to make the queen's jewels and gifts lose value. If a king had been a worker at the
building, with all his treasures stored up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every
time he passed, just to see the king pull his beard from jealousy.
So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her, moving and shining like a waterfall of brown waters.
It reached below her knee and made itself almost like clothing for her. And then she did it up again
nervously and quickly. Once she stopped for a minute and stood still while a tear or two fell on the
worn red carpet.
1. Why does Della cry?
2. 'Della looked out sadly at a grey cat walking along a grey fence in a grey backyard.'(Line 2)
What does the repeated colour tell us about her feelings?
3. What are the two things the couple feel very proud of?
4. What does the narrator compare Della's hair to in line 20? What technique is used here? (2 marks)
5. The story has a twist ending after Della has sold her hair. Explain.
6. Who does the narrator think are the magi, and why?
Set Poetry (15 marks)
Where Ocean heaved
A breast of silk
And a black jag reef
Boiled into milk
There bobbed up a head
With eyes as wild
And wide and dark
As a famine child.
I thought, by the way
It stared at me,
It had lost its mother
In the sea.
1. In the second stanza, who is the 'child'? How does it feel? Use a quote to support your answer. (4 marks)
2. In the second stanza, why has the seal become 'a famine child'?
3. Why is the breast and milk image used in the first stanza?
4. The same vowel sound 'i' is repeated in the 'wild' and wide' eyes of the 'child'. What technique is it?
What does it emphasize?
5. How is the poet feeling about the seal?
Section C Unseen Poetry (10 marks)
His plumage is dun,
Talons long but blunt.
His appetite is indiscriminate.
He has no mate and sleeps alone
In a high nest built of brick and steel.
He sings at night
A long song, sad and silent.
He cannot fly.
Vernon Scannell
1. What is the animal described in the poem? Quote an example to support your answer.
2. What is the sound technique used in line 7?
3. Where is the animal? Explain your answer.
4. How does the animal feel, and why?
5. Personification is used in the poem. Explain with one example.
Language & Organization
Section D Extended Response (10 marks)
Imagine you are Mrs Loisel in the story 'The Necklace'. You met Mrs Forestier this morning and had the
'terrible discovery' about the necklace. Write a diary about your changes and the irony of life which is the
opposite to your expectations.
plumage: feathers of a bird
dun: dull brownish grey
talon: a claw especially of a bird of prey
blunt: not sharp
indiscriminate: unselective
END OF PAPER
Secondary 2
Section A Short Story
Short Story (15 marks)
Belilios Public School
Half-yearly Examination, 2015-2016
Literature in English
MARKING SCHEME
Maximum Marks: 50
1. Della cries because she is too poor/doesn't have enough money/only has $1.87 (1 mark) to buy her
husband a Christmas present. (1 mark) * no money to buy an expensive gold chain
2. The repeated grey (1 mark) shows her sadness and/or hopelessness for having no money to buy Jim a
present. (1 mark) × upset, helpless, desperate
3. Jim's gold watch (1 mark) and Della's beautiful long hair (1 mark)
4. Della's hair is 'like a waterfall of brown waters'. (1 mark) Simile. ← spelling (1 mark)
We expect Jim would be happy to use the chain for his watch (2 marks) but we are surprised to find
out Jim has sold his watch to buy an expensive comb for Della (2 marks)
6. Jim and Della are the magi (1 mark) because they sacrificed spelling their most valuable things for
each other. (2 marks)
Section B Set Poetry (15 marks)
1. The baby seal is the child. (2 marks) / 'seal' only (1 mark)
It feels extremely hungry (1) - a 'famine' child (1)
It feels lonely / helpless (1) - 'lost its mother' (1)
It feels sad (1) - with 'dark' eyes (1)
It feels scared (1) - with 'wild' eyes (1)
2. It has lost its mother (1 mark) and it is hungry for its mother's milk / has no milk (1 mark).
3. The breast and milk image emphasizes the baby seal's hunger (2 marks) for its mother's milk (1 mark).
The breast and milk image emphasizes the seal is a baby (1)
The breast image refers to the rise and fall of the ocean (1) and the milk image refers to the white
4. Assonance is used. (2 marks)
It emphasizes the baby seal is so hungry (1) that its eyes grow 'wild' and 'wide'. (1)
It emphasizes the baby seal is so afraid (1) that its eyes grow ‘wild' and 'wide’. (1)
5. The poet is feeling sympathetic about/ sorry for / pity for the seal. (2 marks)
The poet thinks that the seal is poor (1)
Unseen Poetry (10 marks)
1. A bird / crow / an owl / eagle (1 mark) - e.g. "plumage", "talons" (any 1; 1 mark)
A nightingale (1) - e.g 'He sings at night' (1)
2. Alliteration (1 mark) of the 's' sound in words 'song', 'sad' and 'silent' (1 mark).
Assonance (1) - e.g. 'long song' (1)
3. The bird is in jail/ a cage (1 mark) as its nest is built of 'brick and steel' / 'He cannot fly'. (1 mark)
The bird is on the top /roof of a building / in the city (1) because of its 'high next built of brick and steel'
4. The bird feels lonely / sad (2 marks)
because it has 'no mate' / 'sleeps alone' / sings a 'sad' song / 'cannot fly' / is trapped. (1 mark)
5. The use of pronoun 'he' / 'his' or the verb 'sings'. (1 mark)
Section C: Extended Response (10 marks)
Imagine you are Mrs Loisel in the story 'The Necklace'. You met Mrs Forestier this morning and had the
'terrible discovery' about the necklace. Write a diary about your changes and the irony of life.
Content (7 marks)
1. Change of life (2 marks)
the poor's life:
moved to a small room; dismissed the maid; do the heavy chores; bargain with the grocer
2. Change of looks (2 marks)
Dressed like a poor woman
Getting old, unattractive
3. Irony of life (3 marks)
Spent years paying off a worthless necklace; only that her youth and beauty are lost because of the
labor for it;
Borrowed a necklace to appear wealthier and prettier than she actually was but in the end she lost
what she had;
Hated the life of the poor people but ends up living it.
Language & Organization (3 marks)
No grammar mistakes + good paragraphing (3)
Some grammar mistakes + some paragraphing (2)
Many grammar mistakes + no paragraphing (1)
Marker's comments
Many candidates did not read the question; worse, the story!
Many candidates made things up / changed the plot / added some details or elements which are
not in the story/ rewrote the ending:
Mrs Forestier gave her the real necklace to pay for the debt
Mrs Forestier asked her to live with her
Mrs Loisel loved her husband and lived very happily
Mrs Loisel learnt a lesson (honesty is the best policy)
➜ All ideas must be based on the TEXT and not your IMAGINATION/INTERPRETATION!!!
Write a diary from Mrs Loisel's perspective (based on her character, personality, likes and
dislikes etc), not your own perspective as A READER!!!
Some students mixed up Mrs Forestier and Mrs Loisel.
Students who score 0 in content will only get 0 in language because they fail to give any relevant
points; those who score low (2-3) in content will be given 1 mark at most in language; only those
who address the question very well will score 2 or 3 marks.
Marks deducted for any irrelevant / wrong ideas (language) as candidates should not pass if their
work shows misunderstanding of the text / story.
READ! READ! READ!
END OF ANSWER KEY