GP Practice Part 1

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All play and no work makes dull boys jacked."

As far as good comprehension skills are concerned, you are to read the questions before you read any passages. At TCS, we believe in law enforcement rather than letting you make choices because fools always make the wrong choices and we don't like taking chances in case there's a foolish reader out there who might still decide to read the passages first ANYWAY.

Hence, do have a look at the questions and you will get a rough idea of what the passages will be like when they are published tomorrow. This is good practice for your compre skills, and be thankful because we're providing these useful passages right before GP promos on Monday.

Any good result that you, the reader, want to dedicate to us will be warmly welcome. And even if you don't declare your good GP results, we at TCS will have no doubt that we have masterminded the GP improvement programme that has led readers countrywide (not only schoolwide, yea) to take vast steps in performing in GP. Without further ado, here are the questions.

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FROM PASSAGE 1
Paragraph 1
1) What is the author trying to say when he states "B is for Big"? [1]

Paragraph 2
2) Make an intelligent guess of who the author might be referring to (in this paragraph). [1]

Paragraphs 3-4
3) What writing technique does the author use in effectively emphasising the point that he does not fancy buayas? [2]

Paragraph 6
4) Explain, in your own words, the phrase "buaya.. is something I am not." [2]

Summary Question
Paragraphs 1-5
5) In no more than 120 words, give a brief summary of the author's views towards buayas, starting with the words (not included in the word count), "In recent years, buayas have been known to engage in.." You may only use information given in these paragraphs from this passage. [8]



FROM PASSAGE 2
Paragraph 1
6) Name a few more places that is named after Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles. [1]

Paragraph 2
7) Why does the author only use "buayas" in inverted commas at the end of the paragraph but not at the start of the paragraph where he talks about modern day buayas? [2]

Paragraph 4
8) Explain, in your own words, what the author means by stating that a newly-inducted buaya needs experience before levelling up. [2]

Paragraph 5-6
9) Why are buayas seldom respected by others? Answer with reference to your own experience with buayas. Additional marks will be awarded for interesting stories. [3]

10) Express the following words with a suitable word or phrase. [5]

From Passage 1
a. is (every paragraph)
b. asshole (paragraph 3)

From Passage 2
c. crocodylidae (paragraph 2)
d. fuck-up (paragraph 3)
e. in (paragraph 5)

Application Question
11) Based on what you have read from both authors' articles, which author's views do you find are more relevant to buayas in your society? You must relate it to the situation of buayaism in your country, with appropriate evidence and references. [8]

Content: 35
Language: 15
Total marks: 50