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English    Unit 1 Short Texts and Graphic Materials



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                        SAVE WATER!                           “Within a span of a few hundred years, there

               • Don’t leave the tap running when you’re brushing   have been tremendous technical advances.
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                                                              More  people  are  living  in  cities.  Factories  have
                your teeth or shaving. You could use          mushroomed and modern transportation has
                 up to 20 litres more water.                  developed.  Mechanised  farming  and  use  of
               • Repair dripping taps.                        chemical fertilisers have become a norm. All these
                 A leaky faucet that fills a cup in           have led to environmental pollution at a gigantic
                10  minutes  could  waste  over               scale. It is imperative that we put a stop to the
                11,000 litres of water a year!                pollution before it is too late.”


                1  What  message  does  the  information
                  above contain?                               4  The message from the text above is
                  A  Don’t leave the tap running.                A  to put a stop to environmental pollution.
                  B  Repair dripping taps.                       B  to put a brake to the rapid development.
                  C  Dripping tap wastes a lot of water.         C  to take drastic measures for development.
                  D  The public must not waste water.

                      Strictly Authorised                             SMARTCAMP
                         Personnel Only
                     Accounts Department                           Come to Malaysia again this December
                                                                            (Ages 9–18 years)
                2  Which of the following best explains the      There will be two camps, one for students of
                  sign above?                                    9–12 years, and another for 13–18 years. For 7
                  A  Only  those  in  uniform  are  allowed                 or 10 days depending on the age of your child,
                     to enter.                                   camp participants will be taught to  REACH
                  B  Only those with permission are allowed      THEIR  HIGHEST  POTENTIAL through
                                                                 team building and positive reinforcements.
                     to enter.                                   They will discover that LEARNING IS FUN as
                  C  Only those who need a rest are allowed      they acquire skills of accelerated learning and
                     to enter.                                   effective communication.

                Kuching, Mon. –  One person drowned and
                another missing when a general cargo and
                passenger  vessel  capsized  in  the  Rajang
                River. Nineteen of the twenty-two passengers
                and crew endured a five-hour ordeal on the
                vessel before they decided to swim ashore
                when their ship threatened to sink.

                3  Based on the news report, what ‘ordeal’ did     5  Which of the following is  not true of
                  the  surviving  passengers  and  crew  have        Smartcamp?
                  to endure?                                     A  It caters for two groups of students.
                  A  The loss of two passengers                  B  If provides opportunities for developing
                  B  The long fearful wait on the                   their potential.
                     damaged vessel                              C  It is the first of its kind locally.
                  C  The sinking of their vessel
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