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            C   1.  remembered     2.  was telling            Starting  with  domestic  flights, AirAsia  has  spread  into
               3.  was             4.  was smiling            international destinations. AirAsia X is a long-haul budget
               5.  advised         6.  scored                 airline  dealing  with  ticket  flights  to  United  States  of
               7.  was rethinking   8.  asked                 America, Australia,  Europe and Asian countries. As a
               9.  was applying   10.  replied                result, a great number of people is able to afford to fly
                                                              to tour those countries or to attend convocations of their
              11.  was trying     12.  wondered               children studying there.
           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,
                                                              affordable  flights  to  any  destination  of  their  dreams.
                  world in 80 days.                           Indeed,  the man has all the right qualities in order to
                3.  Phileas Fogg,  takes a bet to make a journey   1  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  B   A Story
                  Railway but it only ends at Kholby.            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
                                                              experienced  hikers. There were 30 of  us  including  10
                  Passepartout, board a train bound for Dover   2  first timers like me. I was so excited for the trip when we
                  and Calais.                                 gathered at the foot of the hill early Sunday morning, 7th
                7.  They  take a steamer called The Mongolia   3  June, 2018.   We listened to a briefing by the leader and
                  to Bombay.                                  then, assigned to small groups. We were also reminded
                8.  From  Kholby,  they  travel on an elephant   to never venture out anywhere alone.
                                                                 It was hard work going up the steep path, carrying
                  to  Allahabad  and resume the train trip to   5          all your things on your back. I had been told to bring a
                  Calcutta.                                   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
                                                              short break for lunch, we continued our way. When we
               ii.  1.  kitchen    2.  buffet                 reached the peak, we were rewarded with a magnificent
                  3.  dishes       4.  celebrity              scenery  around  us.  Then, someone  brought  out the
                  5. restaurant                               “Jalur Gemilang” and a banner so we took photographs
                  Occupation: Chef                            as a group and individual.  We were so thrilled  of our
               iii.  1.  children   2.  challenges            accomplishment that  none of  us  complained of  being
                  3.  grow up      4.  tough                  tired.
                  5.  colleagues                                   After that, we set up our tents as quickly as we could
                  Occupation: Teacher                         so we were able to watch the sun going down. It  was a
                                                              breath-taking view. As expected, everyone was asleep
           SPEAKING                                           after  dinner  although  it  was  definitely  uncomfortable.
           Accept any suitable answer                         Nevertheless, we got up early the next morning to
                                                              watch the beautiful sunrise.  The journey down began
           WRITING                                            immediately after breakfast. Going down seemed much
           Suggested Answer                                   easier  and  some  of us chatted  all  the way. Suddenly,
            A   Personality I Admire                          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
                                                              remember.”

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