Page 42 - Top Class KSSM English Tingkatan 4

English Form 4 KSSM Answers

LISTENING Tan Sri Tony Fernandes as the CEO has moulded
AirAsia into one of the biggest business success stories.
A 1. From Calcutta, they board a steamer bound 6 There is no denying of his credibility and creativity in
for Hong Kong. handling business. Using the tagline, ‘Now everyone can
2. Fogg has succeeded in travelling around the 8 fly!’, it provides opportunities for people to get cheap,
world in 80 days. affordable flights to any destination of their dreams.
3. Phileas Fogg, takes a bet to make a journey 1 Indeed, the man has all the right qualities in order to
succeed, among which are tough and persistent. I should
around the world in 80 days or less. just make him an example if I were to start a business
4. From Bombay, they make a departure of my own.
for Calcutta on the Great India Peninsula 4
Railway but it only ends at Kholby. B A Story
During the school semester break, I joined a
5. Later on, Fogg and his group travel to mountain climbing trip up Gunung Bintang. It was a week
America, France and back to London, 7 after Hari Raya and I was eager to burn up the calories
England. consumed during the festival. The trip was organised
6. To begin their journey, Fogg and Jean by a local youth club and most of the participants were
Passepartout, board a train bound for Dover 2 experienced hikers. There were 30 of us including 10
and Calais. first timers like me. I was so excited for the trip when we
7. They take a steamer called The Mongolia 3 gathered at the foot of the hill early Sunday morning, 7th
to Bombay. June, 2018. We listened to a briefing by the leader and
then, assigned to small groups. We were also reminded
8. From Kholby, they travel on an elephant to never venture out anywhere alone.
to Allahabad and resume the train trip to 5 It was hard work going up the steep path, carrying
Calcutta. all your things on your back. I had been told to bring a
minimum of necessities for the overnight trip but still, the
B i. 1. fighter jet 2. air space bag was heavy. It rained the night before so the trails
3. acrobatic 4. risky were wet and slippery. We had to balance ourselves
5. safety on old tree trunks, hold onto roots to drag ourselves up
Occupation: Pilot or squeeze among tall ferns during the journey. After a
ii. 1. kitchen 2. buffet short break for lunch, we continued our way. When we
3. dishes 4. celebrity reached the peak, we were rewarded with a magnificent
5. restaurant scenery around us. Then, someone brought out the
Occupation: Chef “Jalur Gemilang” and a banner so we took photographs
iii. 1. children 2. challenges as a group and individual. We were so thrilled of our
3. grow up 4. tough accomplishment that none of us complained of being
5. colleagues tired.
Occupation: Teacher After that, we set up our tents as quickly as we could
so we were able to watch the sun going down. It was a
SPEAKING breath-taking view. As expected, everyone was asleep
Accept any suitable answer after dinner although it was definitely uncomfortable.
Nevertheless, we got up early the next morning to
WRITING watch the beautiful sunrise. The journey down began
Suggested Answer immediately after breakfast. Going down seemed much
A Personality I Admire easier and some of us chatted all the way. Suddenly,
a friend in my small group began to have leg cramps
It was entrepreneur Tan Sri Tony Fernandes who first which slowed our movements. Within minutes we were
introduced the budget no-frills airline into the country. The left behind and later realised that we had been separated
man has made into the list of the people whom I admired. from the main group. Between the two of us, none had
At the age of 37, Fernandes made his move into airlines experience in jungle trekking. We recalled about not to
by snapping up Air Asia, an existing Government-owned be panicked and to look for a stream and follow it down
airline that had run up large debts. Now, Air Asia has stream if we ever got lost. However, we were lucky that
become one of the famous names around the world. we had been missed and suddenly we heard shouts.
He is of Indian descend with a mixed of Portuguese They were the experienced members of the team who
from his mother’s side. A determined person, Fernandes came searching for us.
had no qualm in investing his money into the ailing It was a relief that the other members of the group
airline. He said that it is all about ideas, passion and realised that we were not around and quickly informed
implementation. Rebranding the name, clever marketing the leader. It ended well in spite of the near tragedy
and making use of digital technologies are among that happened to us. Mountain climbing is a thrilling
successful strategies to promote the airline. He had great experience and I look forward to another trip in the future.
confidence in making a success of the flailing company. That first trip was an experience that I would always
Starting with domestic flights, AirAsia has spread into remember.”
international destinations. AirAsia X is a long-haul budget
airline dealing with ticket flights to United States of
America, Australia, Europe and Asian countries. As a
result, a great number of people is able to afford to fly
to tour those countries or to attend convocations of their
children studying there.

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