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LANGUAGE STUDIES PROGRAMME 1127/02

SECONDARY 2 EXPRESS

END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2008

Paper 2 Comprehension  25 September 2008

  1 hour 30 !"u#$%

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the Answer Paper.

Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Write your name, class and index number on the Answer Paper.

Answer all questions.Leae a space of one line between your answers to each part of a question, e.g. between

1(a) and 1(b).

Leae a space of at least three lines after your completed answer to each whole question.Write your answers on the separate Answer Papers proided.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

!he number of marks is gien in brackets " # at the end of each question or part question.$istakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the paper.

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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions in the order set.

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What we know about dancing through the ages is based on our knowledge of tribal people liing today, on ancient drawings and carings, but mostly on what we know of 

ourseles and our feelings. $ost human feelings are instincts common both to

intelligent people and to the more simple*minded man today and to men liing &+,+++years ago. We beliee that dancing is an instinct. n other words, something within each

of us makes us want to dance. We -dance with oy/ if anyone brings us good news, or 

we -dance with pain/ if we bang our thumb with a hammer. n a foreign country wewae our hands and arms in an attempt to make people understand us. t is surprising

how many ideas can be expressed in this way.

Long before man appeared, many animals deliberately danced, as apes, birds and other creatures still dance. !heir dance was prompted by the rhythms of life that pulsed

through their bodies and through the unierse. $an/s first dances probably began in the

same way. $any dances of tribal societies today are said to be identical to those of 

 birds and apes. 0uman dancing, therefore, is as old as the first man who expressed hisfeelings of oy or fear by repeated steps or leaps or gestures, perhaps &),+++ years ago.

Dancing may well be the oldest of all the arts, and it is an art that needs no instrumentother than the dancer/s body. $usic came later. 1riginally, stamping feet and clapping

hands supplied all the -music/ and rhythm needed for the dance.

Dancing is worldwide, but throughout the world dances differ. n one land only men

dance, in another, only women. 2lsewhere, men and women dance together in couples.

!he dance may be quick or slow, gay or solemn. !he reason why so many dances hae

grown up in different parts of the world, lies partly in the dancers/ enironment3 thenatural surroundings in which they lie. 4ompare the life of a dweller in a mountain

illage with the life of a farmer in the alley below. !he mountain dweller lies

 perhaps among hills too steep, too rugged, and too stony for crops to grow in, yet hillsthat support sheep, goats, or cattle. !o surie here, the hillman must be a hunter or 

herdsman, walking many miles a day oer the roughest country, his eyes raised to the

hill slopes ahead. 0e deelops an alert, springing step and walks with his weight on histoes.

!he plainsman lies often on a flat expanse of rich soil where crops grow abundantly.

0is whole life may be deoted to tending the same few fertile acres, his eyes cast downto the earth beneath his feet as he ploughs, sows, harrows, or reaps. !he plainsman

deelops a slow yet heay tread, walking with his weight on his whole foot.

2nironment affects not only the way these people gain a liing, but the ery way they

walk. !heir eeryday moements are enough to suggest that hill dances would be

lielier than plains dancers. 5atural enironment makes them een more different6 withlittle leel space to dance on, the hillman may deelop only springing, leaping steps.

1n the broad illage greens of the alley below, plainsmen hae space for running

dances, taking up a great deal of leel ground.

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Dancing may hae begun as a rhythmic expression of happiness, but it was rapidly put

to -practical/ use. f rains failed and animals fled to distant pastures, man, the hunter 

might stare. f wild pigs broke into his grain fields and ate the unripe harest, man, thefarmer might stare. Like his animal prey and pests, early man was at the mercy of 

nature. :nlike the beasts, he knew it. What he could not make happen with his muscles

alone, he tried to achiee with his mind. 0e imitated in a dance what he wanted tohappen before a hunt, including the killing of his prey. $any early magical dances

 probably began this way. !he steps danced were important to man not because they

were beautiful but because they meant something. !hey had always to be repeated inthe same way for the spell to work.

0oweer, with the world/s first ciili;ations, man/s way of life changed. from !he Wonderful World of Dance Arnold L. 0askell?

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&. Which two  phrases in the paragraph tell you that dancing has a long

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7. !he writer refers to early man being -at the mercy of nature/. >lines ('*((?

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8. !he writer states that the priests, nobles and king belong to a -leisured class/>line )%?

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9. What are the two features of the entertainment dance performed for the

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I. What are the two situations where we can find magical and entertainment dancestodayE "

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Vocabulary

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a. prompted >line %%?

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c. rapidly >line (+?

d. disposal >line )&?

e. patron >line )(?

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ummarise how and why dances differ throughout the world.

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more than %'+ words >not counting the words gien to help you begin?.

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7. !he writer refers to early man being -at the mercy of nature/. >lines ('*((?

2xplain in your own words what -at the mercy of nature/ means. "

,t means early man had to depend completely8 totally [1" on the weather and

environment for his food. [1" 8at the disposal of [1" the physical environment

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8. !he writer states that the priests, nobles and king belong to a -leisured class/ >line)%?

2xplain the meaning of the word -leisured/. "%#

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9. What are the two features of the entertainment dance perform for the

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,t consists of acrobatic leaps and handstands. [1",t is (more) graceful and s6ilful (than ordinary dance. )[1"

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I. What are the two situations where we can find magical and entertainment dancestodayE

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machinery8 man does not benefit from scientific discovery 8 where he is unable to

control pests and plagues 8 where people have plenty of leisure time and money to

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inspired [not accepted5 urged"

 b identical >line %'? * ali6e 8 the same 8 similar [not accepted5 same"

c. rapidly >line (+? = quic6ly 8 swiftly

d. disposal >line )&? = ability to use whenever one wants 8 under his control

[not accepted5 usage 8 control"

e.  patron >line )(? = a person who supports and gives money

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