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English Form 4 Answers
Time and tide wait for no man. Many people are familiar down from the bed. I couldn’t lift him. He’s too heavy for me.’
with this saying but not many people can truly appreciate Puan Nor and her husband were my next door
what it means. Cherish the time you have with your loved neighbour. Puan Nor was in her seventies and her husband,
ones. Don’t make excuses because you never know when Encik Rashid, was in his eighties. The couple had been living
time will be suddenly and cruelly taken away from you. I on their own for some time now.
learnt this lesson the hard way. I followed Puan Nor into her house and into her
bedroom. Encik Rashid was slumped on the floor. There
Practice 4 was blood trickling down his forehead. There was also blood
on the floor. He looked very weak and could hardly speak.
Joining social networking websites has many Puan Nor quickly took a piece of wet cloth and cleaned the
advantages. How far do you agree? blood from his forehead. After that, I lifted him up with all my
In recent years, social networking websites have strength and moved him into the wheelchair. Encik Rashid
mushroomed at an alarming rate. These sites provide a has a medium-sized frame but at that moment, he felt really
platform that focuses on interaction among people. heavy.
One advantage of these websites is that they bring I pushed the wheelchair to the car and with Puan Nor’s
together people with shared interests and activities. These help transferred Encik Rashid into my car. We rushed him to
websites create communities of people with similar interest. the hospital. The doctor on duty told us that Encik Rashid had
They provide a platform for people to express their ideas, suffered from a stroke. He was admitted to the intensive care
thoughts, events and interests. Social networking websites unit. Puan Nor asked for my help to contact her daughter to
like Facebook, Weibo and MySpace are popular because convey the news. I accompanied Puan Nor at the hospital
they cover a variety of topics that can relate to many people. until her children arrived.
Users can join websites which focus on their area of interests Driving back from the hospital, I thought about my own
such as travelling, cooking, art and so on. parents. Guilt came over me as I realised that the last time
Social networking websites allow internet users to make I visited them was a month back. I immediately called my
friends with people of the same interests. Users who join mother to find out how she and my father were doing. I told
websites according to their area of interests would meet them I’ll visit them during the weekend.
other users who have the same interests as them. This Encik Rashid was discharged from the hospital after one
allows them to make new friends and also invite other friends week. Despite his slurred speech, he had a good appetite
with the same interests as them, thus creating a community and he appeared happy a few weeks after the incident. His
of people with shared interests. daughter came back to live with them. The other children
Besides that, social networking websites these days are visited them regularly.
safer than many other websites. Most of them require users
to activate their account upon signing up. Users have to Practice 6
fill up a questionnaire answering a series of questions to
determine and identify their topics of interest. New users
are then paired or matched with individuals or groups that Pollution is hazardous to our environment. How far do
share the same interest with them. This enables new users you agree?
to make friends as soon as they join the websites instead Pollution is an issue that concerns all of us in today’s
of taking hours after hours of searching and researching on modern world. There are many types of pollution namely air,
their own. water and noise. Pollution causes many health problems and
However, users of social networking websites must be brings about negative effects.
wary of unseen forces such as hackers when using these Air pollution is caused by the emission of toxic gases
websites. Even though these websites have their own safety from vehicles, factories and open burning. There are more
and security measures, they are still vulnerable for hacking and more vehicles on our roads as society gets more affluent.
activities done by unscrupulous people. People want a better quality of life as they prefer to commute
Users must be wary of exposing too much personal in the comfort of their cars instead of riding in overcrowded
information on these websites. They must be made aware public buses. As more people travel to work and for pleasure
that when they post information and photographs, they are in their private cars, the air gets more polluted with the
also exposing themselves to unscrupulous people in the carbon dioxide that chokes our lungs. Carbon monoxide
website who may sell these information for monetary gains. released by the burning of fuel also reduces oxygen in the
Unscrupulous users may stalk their preys using information bloodstream besides being harmful to environment.
posted in the websites through events such as regular places Air pollution is also caused by the manufacturing
that users frequently go to and their daily activities. industries. To meet the growing demand for more jobs and
As such, even though there are many advantages for the increasing need for more manufactured productions,
using social networking websites, users must be aware of factories sprout up. Factories release toxic gases and when
the danger these websites could expose them to. coal is burnt to generate heat and energy, more and more
carbon dioxide is released into the environment.
Practice 5 Other than that, people are still practising open burning
to dispose of their household wastes. Although open burning
Write a story beginning with: “I opened the door and is a convenient way of getting rid of rubbish, it is harmful to
saw the distressed look on her face.…” the environment because it worsens the quality of the air.
I opened the door and saw the distressed look on her face. Poor air quality results in health problems such as chest
‘Makcik, is something wrong?’ I asked her. ‘It’s pakcik, he fell pains, asthma and breathing difficulties.

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