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MUET My Way Answers

Candidate C Candidate B
• The size of the gadget is an important consideration when you • Wearing masks is crucial for everyone because it is the first line
buy one because the purpose of buying the gadget whether it of defence when face to face with other people as the level of
is for work or pleasure will affect how big or small the gadget contagion reduces to a very small percentage if both parties
is. A working adult would prefer to have a desktop at his office wear them compared to if only one side wears a mask or worst
while a student who goes from class to class daily would still, both refuse to put them on in a pandemic.
benefit from a smaller laptop which is easier to carry around. • Wearing face masks properly is important because otherwise
• Some people would be happy to purchase a small phone with you may receive a fine for not putting it on correctly which
a small screen if they only needed the gadget to make calls and defeats the purpose of it as a physical barrier between the virus
keep in touch with people. However, others who need their and the most vulnerable entry points to your body, namely
phones or tablets to do work and to research information, write through your nose and mouth.
emails and so on would more likely prefer a bigger screen so • In facing a global pandemic, we cannot just focus on wearing a
the size of the screen if very important too. mask ourselves but we need to be more stringent in reminding
• The size of a gadget is also important consideration because the people around us to not only put them on but to put them
it will affect the cost of the gadget. Some gadgets that have on correctly so that we will all continue to live in a healthy and
bigger and better quality screens will definitely be more safe environment.
expensive and this will cause the buyer to think twice about Candidate C
buying it according to what they can afford to pay. • Exercising regularly helps the body stay in shape and regulates
Candidate D our blood circulation and overall health which in turn keeps us
• Buying a gadget based on brand will have an effect on the from easily getting sick and contracting a virus. Therefore, it is
quality because some brands are just more superior than important that even in a lockdown, we still do some form of
others. Well-known international brands like Samsung, exercise to keep fit.
iPhone, Huawei are more reliable although pricier than China • Exercising is also good to build social connections and a
unbranded gadgets but at least you will most likely get value support group because even in a total lockdown, people are
for money. doing exercise in groups through online zooming and other
• Some people are not very interested in the cost or the apps which gives people a sense of togetherness and moral
functions and even the size of the gadgets as long as the brand support in fighting the pandemic together.
is visible and of high quality. This could be more from a vanity • In facing a global pandemic, it is crucial that we continue to
standpoint as people seem to place a lot of emphasis on owing exercise regularly and encourage the people in our households
branded stuff as a symbol status. as well as friends and acquaintances via phone or social media
• When you prefer to consider the brand as the most important to stay fit by trying to do at least 30 mins of workout a day to
aspect before making a serious decision like buying a gadget, it keep healthy.
also tells you a lot about your own personality whether you are Candidate D
materialistic or practical. The former would pay for expensive • Avoiding crowded areas is an extremely important step that
brands at all costs while the latter would think of how practical everyone should do when facing a pandemic because the
it is to buy a medium range gadget compared to an expensive virus can spread from person to person and it is airborne which
brand. means that people are more likely to contract the illness when
Part 2 they come into close contact with an infected person.
The group decides that expensive gadgets is the main challenge • When we avoid crowded areas and maintain a 1 metre distance
of successful online learning because between people, even if we did not wear a face mask or wash
• no matter how cheap a gadget is, if you come from a poverty- our hands as often as we should, we would still be safer than if
stricken family, you will never be able to afford one for online we were sandwiched in a shopping mall amidst thousands of
learning so the success of it depends entirely on this factor. people with no social distancing.
• when there are not enough gadgets to be shared with your • We ourselves need to social distance and avoid crowds and we
brothers and sisters who are also doing online learning at the need to educate people around us from visiting crowded areas
same time, online learning will be a failure because students as we have seen the statistics where 1 person could potentially
cannot concentrate and they will lose their motivation to study. infect 2000 people because the virus can spread from person
• until a time when the government and parents can ensure that to person at astonishing speeds.
each child has access to a good gadget, online learning will Part 2
always be an unlevelled playing field where the richer kids will The group decides that hiring more frontliners is the best way to
have better access to education compared to the poorer ones. recognise their contributions because
• when you invest in more staff, the workload and the mental
Practice 5 (Suggested Answers) burden also reduces amongst the frontliners because most of
Part 1 the critical situations involve too many cases and not enough
Candidate A staff to handle the situation.
• In facing a global pandemic, washing hands well is a crucial • hiring more frontliners will help to give financial assistance to
part of self-hygiene as we are constantly touching things when those who are able to work but have lost their regular jobs due
we go from one place to another and touch is one of the fastest to the pandemic so they will have a regular income to sustain
ways the virus is spread. their families in these trying times.
• Washing hands well involves washing each digit and finger as • the more frontliners there are, the less chances of the staff
well as the palms and backs of hands properly for a minimum making mistakes due to understaffing and overworked
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of 20 seconds with good soap and a lot of water so everyone problems as there are enough people on duty to cover all the
must learn how to wash hands correctly if they want to keep cases that come in during a pandemic.
the virus at bay.
• Washing hands well individually is not effective unless Part 3
everyone does the same so in facing a pandemic, we have to Reading
check one another and constantly remind the young ones that 1 C 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 A
it is their responsibility to wash hands properly all the time to 6 B 7 A 8 C 9 C 10 C
avoid untoward circumstances. 11 B 12 B 13 A 14 A 15 C

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