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16 B 17 C 18 B 19 A 20 B • Hostel food, while moderate, should be balanced in nutrition
21 D 22 C 23 E 24 B 25 A and portion sizes so while it may be a disadvantage, in the
26 F 27 D 28 D 29 D 30 B long run, it may be advantageous because it promotes healthy
31 C 32 B 33 D 34 B 35 D eating and portion control so there is a lack of obesity issues for
36 D 37 B 38 A 39 B 40 D those living in hostels.
• Another way to flip it from being a drawback to being a benefit
Model Test is to participate actively in hostel activities. Soon enough, you
will be ravenous and look forward to hostel food because all
food will seem delicious when you are starving from all the
Paper 1 Listening physical output. In no time at all, your appetite for hostel food
Part 1 will improve!
1 C 2 B 3 B 4 A 5 B Candidate D
6 A 7 A • Another disadvantage of living in a hostel some students face
Part 2 is that they lack interest in hostel activities. Staying in a hostel
8 C 9 A 10 C 11 A 12 B requires one to follow the schedule which may be regimented
13 C 14 B to the point that the school decides when you rest and when
you can play when you are not busy studying.
Part 3 • The new generation is also likely to be addicted to gadgets
15 B 16 D 17 C and in most hostels, phones and other electronic devices like
Part 4 Play Stations and digital games are not allowed. This causes
18 A 19 C 20 A 21 B 22 B depression amongst some students who are unable to spend
23 C 24 B time away from their gadgets. However, after a time, students
will acclimatise and may even realise that there is so much to
Part 5 do outside the world of tech.
25 B 26 C 27 A 28 B 29 C • Being uninterested in hostel activities is also a natural reaction
30 A for students who are shy or introverted, therefore it could be
a huge disadvantage to them. Nevertheless, you will never
Paper 2 Speaking know until you try so once a student challenges himself to
Part 1 participate in hostel activities, they will soon find that the
Candidate A benefits outweigh the drawbacks and they may even take the
• Missing home and family members is a natural but unavoidable lead and help to organise activities.
result of moving to a hostel. After all, blood is thicker than water. Part 2
However, this will teach us to live an independent life without
family members to pamper us. The group decides that keeping rooms and surroundings clean
• They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder so living is the best thing hostel students can do to live harmoniously
away from family and home and missing them will make us together because
appreciate all they have done thus far to support us. Additionally, • cleanliness is next to godliness and everyone should commit
it will make us happier when we finally return to spend quality to looking after their own personal space be it their bedroom,
time with them. corridors and the surroundings of the hostel as well as campus.
• Missing home will inadvertently also make us more determined • maintaining a clean and comfortable environment takes
to do well in our studies because we would like the sacrifices high discipline and when we are able to create these perfect
made to be worth something and what better gift to bring home living conditions then the students can focus more on good
one fine day if not a scroll of success from the academic world. friendships, group study and generally living together more
harmoniously
Candidate B • being able to ensure all rooms and nearby compound are clean
• Living in a hostel for the first time is especially hard for those involves polishing various skills. It allows students to practice
who have never experienced it before. Leaving familiar faces taking lead roles especially in organising clean-up activities,
and friends to embark on a new journey to make new friends learning to cooperate, encouraging others to participate and
could even be traumatising especially for introverts who do volunteer their time and effort to uphold cleanliness.
not find socialising a pleasant experience.
• To make new friends, one must be outgoing enough to Paper 3 Reading
approach others especially in a new setting. However, once in 1 C 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 A
a hostel, students will be assigned rooms and usually there will 6 C 7 C 8 B 9 A 10 B
be a small group of students sharing living quarters. The close 11 C 12 B 13 C 14 C 15 B
proximity will encourage even the shyest student to befriend 16 C 17 C 18 C 19 C 20 B
those in their small groups. 21 D 22 F 23 B 24 C 25 A
• Although making new friends is hard to do when you are 26 E 27 B 28 A 29 B 30 D
new to a hostel, it is not impossible. The trick is to be yourself, 31 D 32 D 33 C 34 C 35 D
remind yourself that others are equally worried about making 36 C 37 B 38 C 39 D 40 D
good friends and once you learn to be brave and communicate ANSWERS
with others, you will turn this disadvantage into an advantage Paper 4 Writing
for you because the more friends you have, the better life will Task 1
be there.
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Candidate C
• A notable disadvantage of living in a hostel is that you will No. 18, Lorong Lotus 1
undoubtedly miss homecooked food especially if you consider Taman Teratai
your mom to be the best cook in the world. Adjusting to hostel 80100 Johor Bharu, Johor.
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