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SS2 3rd Term English Language Exams

SUBJECT: ENGLISH 2   TIME : 2HRS

CLASS: SS2

SECTION A:    COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.

One of the basic language skills is reading. In any literate society, reading is a very essential aspect of effective communication in daily activities. Reading has been many things to many people.

To some people, it is like looking at printed words while most students see it as a tedious task that has to be performed in order to pass a particular examination.

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Reading, like any other term, has been described in several ways, such as: ‘Reading is an intellectual activity directed towards the extraction of information form a written piece.’

One of the causes of mass failure in various examinations among candidates is their inability to imbibe a good reading culture. With poor reading habit, learners cannot comprehend the intention of the writer.

The need to cultivate a very good reading culture so as to be well informed and of course to pass examinations cannot be overemphasized. One of the ways of improving the reading culture in our society is through the provision of adequate and relevant textbooks for schools. Textbooks are reservoirs of knowledge.

They provide readers an opportunity of interesting with the best of brains living and dead. Facts in the textbooks are researched into and so almost invariably provide scholars with an almost infallible source of knowledge. They are indispensable tools to reading, so they should be readily available to both the teacher and the taught.

Teachers must be well equipped in their chosen profession by consulting various textbooks relating to their disciplines.

Moreover, they should live abreast of time in their noble profession by organizing and attending workshops and seminars aimed at educating and refreshing them.

In this way they will be purged of outdated or obsolete methods and facts and adorned with modern methods and current facts.

The school environment has to be made inviting if learners are to be encouraged to imbibe a reading culture. The structure in the school must be attractive and well ventilated. They should be adequately furnished and provided with conveniences. The provision of a good and financial library should be a matter of priority.

Questions.

1. How do students perceive reading?
2. What is the aim of reading?
3. Why, according to the writer, do candidates perform poorly in examinations?
4. How can the culture of reading be improved in the society?
5. What, according to the writer, should be done to attract learners to read?

‘Textbooks are reservoirs of knowledge’

6. What figure of speech is used in this expression?
7. What does it mean?

‘Facts in the textbooks…’

8. What grammatical name is given to the above expression as used in the
9. passage?
10. What is its function?
11. For each of the following words, find another word or phrase which means the same and can replace it as it is used in the passage.
12. Tedious
13. Extraction
14. Comprehend
15. Infallible
16. Taught
17. Inviting

SECTION B (SUMMARY)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.

I am proud to be in the one profession which moulds young minds and prepares them for the future. When I voluntarily opted for this profession forty-one years ago. I could easily have chosen any other, such as medicine, accountancy, engineering or law.

But I had an irresistible love for children. I loved playing the role of an elder brother or a kind parent. So I chose my profession fully conscious of my action because no other role would have pleased me if it didn’t keep me close to children.

As a learner, I had no problem with mastering facts. I had never been found wanting in my studies. I had great respect for those brilliant teachers who were believed to be walking encyclopedias.

Naturally, therefore, I wanted to be admired and respected as a storehouse and dispenser of knowledge.

Besides, I wanted to influence the views of others through imparting knowledge. Afterall, most of my own views had been shaped by my teachers, whom I admired.

Moreover, there are circumstances and conditions unique to the profession. I loved the long holidays which exceeded the normal leave period in the civil service or the commercial firms.

I also loved the relative peace of mind which was the rule among teachers. Our teachers did quite a number of things in common and even dined together, just like brothers and sisters. To us learners, they were not rivals but colleagues.

So, I plunged myself into it. After secondary school, I opted for a degree in education at the university to the surprise of my parents and friends. Three years in the college of education and another three in the university prepared and shaped me for the career.

Today, after thirty-five years in the profession, I ask myself how it has been. Did I err in my judgement? The answer is ‘No’. Factors that endeared the profession to me are still there but times have changed.

In all my years as a pupil, I never knew of a learner confronting his teacher nor ever heard of a pupil openly boasting in the class that he possessed supernatural powers to torment his teacher with Now, some of my colleagues receive such threats.

Another unhealthy development is the antagonism of parents of teachers. Lately, I have seen parents burst into the school to threaten of even beast up teachers.

And for what? For correcting their children! I know of parents who took their grievances to their secret cults for redress, when the teacher’s only offence was sending the pupils home to buy the prescribed textbooks for their studies.

How should a teacher feel when he is betrayed by those who should understand and support him?

I am disheartened by the fact that society holds the teacher responsible for the failure of his pupils. The teacher is generally held responsible for their poor performance in examinations. Yes, it is the teacher who is blamed, even when he overworked himself in order to ensure that his wards pass their examinations.

Despite these negative trends, I still look back on my thirty-five years of teaching with some joy and pride. I have turned out a good number of responsible citizens who are now in respectable positions.

My products are there in the banks, hospitals, firms, the civil service and in the teaching field. I am also proud of them because I know they love me, and so I am retiring quite satisfied with my lot.

QUESTION

1. In three sentences, one for each, summarize the writer’s reasons for choosing to be a teacher.
2. In three sentences, one for each, summarize the recent negative developments which worry the writer.

SECTION C

COMPOSITION: ESSAY

Answer one question only from this section. All questions carry equal marks. Your answer should not be less than 450 words.

1. Your friend in another school has requested some information about your school to enable him to decide on moving over to your school. Write a letter to him discussing at least three areas in which your school excels.
2. Write an article for publication in your school magazine, discussing the reasons why children in your area drop out of school and suggesting ways of minimizing this negative trend.
3. There has been a continue discussion on the evils of unemployment. Write a letter to the Commissioner for Labour highlighting at least three of these evils and suggest ways of addressing them.
4. You are one of the speakers in a debate on the topic: ‘Women should not be in paid employment while they are still bearing children.’ Write your contribution for or against the proposition.
5. Write a story ending with the words: I wish I had listened to my father.

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