Page 34 - Spotlight A+ Form 4 & 5 English KSSM

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Part 4 Rubric: Question 3. You will hear about a news report.
21 dull 22 bore Listen carefully.
23 studies 24 introvert Voice 1: A boulder, perched precariously on a hill slope in
25 time 26 concentrate Pantai Acheh, is giving residents the shivers each
27 homework 28 opportunity time it rains. Following last Thursday’s landslides,
29 physical 30 training those staying on the foothills fear for their safety.
At least three families have moved out from their
house to stay with relatives. It appears that the
LISTENING SCRIPT 1: UNIT 11 ORAL ENGLISH
boulder has moved nearer the edge, about a metre
Sample SPM Question from the original spot. The nearest house on the
foothills is about 100 metres away.
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Rubric: This is a listening test. There are four parts to the Rubric: Now listen again.
test. You will hear each recording twice. For each
part of the test, there will be time for you to look Rubric: Question 4. You will hear about how to organise a
through the questions and time for you to check telematch. Listen carefully.
your answers. Answer all the questions. Write your Voice 1: Here are some tips to organise a telematch.
answers on the question paper. You will have time Remember, a telematch is not necessarily a test of
at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the skill or physical strength. It should be one that is
answer sheet. The recording will now be stopped. easily participated by the young and old. Therefore,
Please ask any questions now because you must not it should not be too difficult or strenuous. Decide
speak during the test. on the number of participants. Some simple
items are ‘passing the rubber band using a straw’,
Part 1 ‘passing ping pong balls using a spoon’ and ‘three-
Questions 1 to 7 legged race’. If organised properly, a telematch can
Rubric: Now open your question paper and look at Part provide fun, excitement and bonding.
1. You will hear people talking in seven different Rubric: Now listen again.
situations. For questions 1 to 7, choose the correct
answer from A, B or C. Rubric: Question 5. You will hear about a python. Listen
ANSWERS Voice 1: Ben, don’t you think that the standard of English Voice 1: A 200 kg python, captured while trying to cross
Rubric: Question 1. You will hear about the standard of
carefully.
English in our country. Listen carefully.
a road on Monday night, escaped from the cage
in our country has declined?
where it was kept pending its transfer to Taiping
Voice 2: True, Eddy. I read from newspapers that many
fresh graduates are not able to speak English Zoo. The 10-metre long python, with a girth of
about 30 cm, was kept in a cage at the Pantai
fluently. Many have found difficulties in getting Remis Fire and Rescue Department compound. It
jobs in the private sector just because of poor managed to slither out of the makeshift cage which
proficiency in spoken English. was saddled with heavy fencing gates, iron bars and
Voice 1: What a pity. I hope that measures will be taken by covered with a thick fishing net. An all-out effort is
the relevant authorities to arrest the decline. being carried out to recapture the reptile.
Voice 2: Well, the youth themselves must be proactive to Rubric: Now listen again.
improve their proficiency in spoken English.
Rubric: Now listen again. Rubric: Question 6. You will hear about the time parents
spend on their children. Listen carefully.
Rubric: Question 2. You will hear about an interview. Voice 1: Parents are not solely to be blamed for spending
Listen carefully. less time with their children. Sometimes it is their
Voice 1: Ms Green, may I know where you get the children who are too busy to be with their parents.
inspiration to write books? The demand to do well in school examinations has
Voice 2: Well, it’s not so much about inspiration. It is the seen an increase in the number of tuition centres.
passion that I have. I just love to write books, Many children flock to tuition classes immediately
whether it is at home or while travelling. I must after school. When they come home, they are
admit that travelling provides a lot of opportunities exhausted mentally and want to be left alone. They
to write something about people of different seek solace in their smart phone and video games.
culture and ethnicity. Rubric: Now listen again.
Voice 1: Ms Green, do you have any advice for
budding writers? Rubric: Question 7. You will hear about buying a birthday
Voice 2: Don’t be depressed if your first writing is not present. Listen carefully.
well received. Keep on trying and develop your Voice 1: Good morning. Can I help you?
own style. Voice 2: Good morning. I would like to buy a birthday
Rubric: Now listen again. present for my sixteen year-old daughter.
Voice 1: What do you have in mind, madam?

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