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Questions 1 to 7 are based on the following information given below.

ROSE ORPHANGE MONTHLY INCOME-EXPENDITURE

PATTERN
ROSE ORPHANGE MONTHLY INCOME-EXPENDITURE PATTERN

39%

19% 18%

10%
7%
4% 3%
FOOD BOOKS STATIONERY CLOTHES SALARIES TRANSPORT OUTINGS

TOTAL AMOUNT OF INCOME RECEIVED FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2007: RM10 000

NO. OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (AGE RANGE 7-11 YEARS) AT THE ORPHANAGE : 20

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2007

FOOD BOOKS CLOTHES SALARIES STATIONERY TRANSPORT OUTINGS
- Basic - Revision - T-shirt - RM2.5 - Pens -School bus for - Visit to
meals books - Shorts 0 for - Pencils all the children the Forest
- Snacks - Exercise each reserve
books staff Institute
of
Malaysia
to study
the
different
types of
tropical
trees

1 The chart indicates the monthly income-expenditure pattern of Rose

Orphanage for the month of June 2007.
A True
B False
C Not stated

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2 According to the chart, the amount spent on food for the month of June was
RM3 900.
A True
B False
C Not stated

3 The orphanage is managed by five staff members.

A True
B False
C Not stated

4 The orphanage purchased primary school revision and exercise books for the
children.
A True
B False
C Not stated

5 All the children go to school by bus.

A True
B False
C Not stated

6 The visit to the forest Research Institute of Malaysia cost RM300.

A True
B False
C Not stated

7 The outing organised by the orphanage in June 2007 was an educational trip.
A True
B False
C Not stated

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Questions 8 to 14 are based on the following passage.

1 Parents who want their children to be fit and active should be

encouraging them to go out and play rather than telling them to
exercise, a study of more than 200 children aged 4 to 12 years shows.
2 The researchers found that advertising campaigns using words
such as ‘physical activity’ and ‘exercise’ to encourage young people 5
to be active would have little meaning for them. Children do not have
an interest in or understanding of the health benefits of physical
activity, according to a study by Professor W. Schiller and Dr
MacDougall from the University of South Australia.
3 The South Australia Department of Human Services 10
commissioned the research concerns about the increasing levels of
obesity, diabetes and physical inactivity in children.
4 ‘Our aim was to gain a deeper understanding of children’s
ideas about physical activity, exercise, fitness, sports and play,’
Professor Schiller said. 15
5 ‘What came through very strongly in the study was that
physical activity was an adult concept and most children only
identified with play. It was the only activity that they thought they
had ownership of, and had freedom in.’
6 ‘What is different about this study is that, rather than have 20
adults make decisions on behalf of children, we arranged to have
children’s voice heard by involving them in the research process,’
7 Professor Schiller said.
‘What we discover during our research was not to mix play and
sport. Play is kids-led, where children make, change and modify the 25
8 rules. Sports is adult-led with rules that do not change,’ Dr
MacDougall said.
‘Sports was seen as being only for extremely talented children
9 who had parental backing to drive them to sporting venues, and
attend coaching clinics and auditions. That was a real surprise! Dr 30
MacDougall said.
10 Other negatives for sports included bullying and gender issues,
with girls indicating that boys ganged up on them. The fear was also a
concern, with about eight percent of children saying that injury was a
barrier to playing sports. 35
11 Children said that they wanted adults to spend a lot more time
and to be physically active with them.

(Adapted from: http://www.news-medical.net

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8 Children’s concept of physical exercise is different from adults’

A True
B False
C Not stated

9 The following are health problems among children except

A obesity
B diabetes
C cardio disease

1 When children play sports such as basketball under their own rules, it is
0 classed as play.
A True
B False
C Not stated

1 Children who play a lot are more independent.

1
A True
B False
C Not stated

1 The research was most likely conducted by

2
A interviewing parents
B interviewing children
C observing children and sport teachers

1 Most children identified themselves with play because

3
A they have misconceptions about physical activity to play
B they are free to do what they want to do
C they do not know the rules for sports

1 Which of the following is false about sports?

4
A Proper training on sports is needed for children.
B Sports pose very serious threats to children.

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C Sports are suitable for children and adults.

Questions 15 to 21 are based on the following passage.

1 What do we mean when we call someone a genius? Is a genius

an exceptionally intelligent person? Intelligence has been variously
defined as the capacity to learn, the ability to carry out abstract
thought, or the possession of great mental ability. A great many
people fall into these categories, yet most would generally not be 5
regarded as geniuses.
2 Through the ages, people whom we have considered geniuses
are those who have made remarkable advances in science or the arts.
Examples of these people are Galileo, Isaac Newton, Beethoven and
Albert Einstein. They were not merely endowed with great 10
intelligences, there were creative as well. Creativity involves the
ability to see relationships where other people fail to do so. Newton
related the force that made other objects fall to earth to that which
moves the planets and the stars. Einstein, in pondering time, saw a
relationship between time and space when he formulated the theory 15
of relativity that radically changed the foundations of physics. On
Sigmund Freud noticed the connection between his patient’s dreams
and their emotional disturbances. Without creativity, an intelligent
man is just that – intelligent, but incapable of standing out from other
intelligent people. 20
3 A genius usually exhibits remarkable determination. Blaise
Pascal, a 17th century mathematician, was determined to study
mathematics when his father forbade him to study the subject, forcing
him instead to take Greek and Latin. Without the help of books and
teachers, he secretly studied mathematics. He discovered the basic 25
concepts of geometry and went on to the thirty-second proposition of
Euclid when he was only twelve years old. Determination can also be
translated into hard work. Creative scientists can be extremely
hardworking. As Thomas Edison, arguably one of the most prolific
inventors of the 20th century, noted, “Genius is one percent inspiration 30
and 90% perspiration.”
4 Another common characteristic of geniuses is their readiness to
use and share new ideas. Where would we be if geniuses did not
divulge their ideas? This takes immense bravery as new ideas often
seem strange, even ridiculous, to many people at first. Galileo, who 35
fought against the church and the philosophers of his time when he
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proposed that the earth was not the centre of the universe, stands as a
symbol of the battle against authority and freedom of inquiry.
Beethoven’s first symphony was derided by the public for its
revolutionary musical ideas. Today, he is regarded as, indisputably, 40
one of the greatest composers who has ever lived.
5 A genius must also be able to harness his subconscious thought
because creativity, an essential prerequisite of genius, is
subconscious. Subconscious thought is unlike our everyday thinking,
which is logical and rational. Subconscious thought is more like a 45
dream: strange and illogical. There is a fine line between genius and
madness. Einstein was able to use his subconscious thought
creativity. Who in their right mind but a genius like Einstein would
have even conceived of the idea that the pace of time could alter for
persons travelling at different speeds? A person who cannot harness 50
the subconscious thinking to use it creatively crosses the line from
genius to madness, like Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh, who claimed
that pictures came to him “as if in a dream”, was able to produce
more than 800 canvases – many of them masterpieces – for as long as
he could harness his inspiration, passions and emotions. Once he lost 55
control of them, he entered a nightmare of insanity, eventually
shooting himself in the chest and taking his life.
6 In a nutshell, a genius is someone who has all the following:
exceptionally intelligence, determination, a high degree of creativity,
the readiness to use and share new ideas, and the ability to utilize 60
them to good purpose. Having understood this, was can perhaps try to
develop the potential in each person to bring out the genius in him.

1 Why does the writer define “intelligence” in three ways in the first
5 paragraph?
A He is not sure of the meaning.
B People cannot agree on its definition.
C These are the three prerequisite of intelligence

16 The writer states that a genius is

I exceptionally intelligent
II creative
III mad
IV determined
A I, II and III
B I, II and IV
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C II, III and IV

1 The thirty-second proposition of Euclid is related to

7
A science
B geometry
C determination

1 Thomas Edison’s saying “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99%

8 perspiration” means
A Creativity without hard work is useless
B Inspiration and perspiration are elements in the making of a genius
C Hard work plays a more important role than creativity in the making of
a genius

1 Why do the ideas of genius sometimes seem mad?

9
A Geniuses cannot harness their subconscious thought.
B Geniuses cannot separate the lines between madness and genius.
C Creative thoughts are subconscious and strange, like our dreams.

2 Each of the following can be inferred from the passage except

0
A Pascal’s father ill-treated him.
B People sometimes do not recognise a genius in their midst.
C The church during Galileo’s time thought the earth was the centre of the
universe.

2 All of the following are geniuses in the same field except

1
A Galileo
B Beethoven
C Isaac Newton

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Questions 22-29 are based on the passage below.

1 He has been described as ‘agile, playful, audacious, inventive’; a

man who ‘leaps across boundaries, making unexpected connections,
juggling a dozen trains of thoughts all at once’. But whatever levels he
might get, Prof Allan Synder, one of Australia’s most creative minds,
is indeed unique in the way he puts his message across. The key to his 5
belief is that everyone, irrespective of his or her background and social
standing, has that ‘special ingredient – some might even say magic’ –
that separates exceptional individuals from others. Yet, despite the
capacity of everyone to be creative, he points out quite rightly that
creativity is so rare in this world. 10
2 Provocatively, Synder creates a controversy by suggesting a
radical shake-up in educating young people and identifying the
essential element of success which, he believes is missing in
conventional schools. The simple fact is that relatively few students
from many of the great schools in the world have gone on to become 15
greatness themselves. Why? To Synder who is director of the Centre
for the Mind, a joint venture of the Australian National University and
the University of Sydney, there is too much conservative pressure on
people to follow in the footsteps of others, “We are taught to learn
what other people know, and to think as other people think, “he says 20
seriously. “So, it is one thing to have original ideas and quite another to
have the courage to broadcast them to the world.”
3 Then, with what seems to be a touch of cynicism, Synder throws
in a punchline that is as unconventional as his unorthodox ideology:
“Creativity is an act of rebellion; it’s downright subversive to be 25
creative.”
4 But bespectacled Synder, who often wears his cap front to back
and has the funny look of an eccentric, is a man who believes in taking
risks – a sort of challenge that drives and motivates him to discover the
genius gene in an individual. 30
5 Surprisingly, many people are prepared to take that risk by
becoming the subject of his curiosity to detect hidden talent that they
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themselves didn’t know they possessed. They come to his laboratory

and put on a specially-designed headpiece that zaps their brains with
magnetic pulses and sends signals to his computer screen from which 35
he makes his study.
6 He is more interested in studying autistic savants – people who
are severely impaired yet have amazing mental skills such as drawing,
music, sculpture or even language. People like specially-gifted child
artist Yeak Ping Lian of Malaysia, whose colourful artwork Ubudiah 40
Mosque 1 was sold for RM1000 000 to an anonymous bidder at an
auction of the RDA Charity Ball in aid of the Riding for the Disabled
Association in 2004.
7 Ping Lian’s impressive artworks have been highly praised by
American psychiatrist, Dr Darold Treffert as “demonstrating a 45
remarkable ability in an 11-year-old boy whose skills are a striking
contrast to limitations in autism and other disabilities”. This is
especially true because autistic savants are supposedly people whose
intelligence is considered very limited. Yet they are able to come up
with remarkable skills that surprise many talented ordinary people. 50
8 Synder, however, believes that everyone can develop these
islands of genius by tapping that special gene hidden in their
subconscious mind. The unconscious mind takes everything that a
person sees or reads and ‘simplifies and categorises’ the information
into ‘manageable and useful packages’. 55
9 “Where it sees lines and patterns of dark and shade, our
conscious mind might know it is a horse,” he once explained to New
Scientist magazine. “We know that because our brain has learned all
about horses, has experienced what makes something a horse rather
than a dog or a table, and has formed a concept and mental image.” 60
1 “It’s a very difficult way for our minds to work. It allows us to
0 spot things quickly, to name them and communicate the ideas. The
mind also learns how these things might behave so that we can make
predictions about the world and devise rules about how to act
appropriately.” 65

(Adapted from The Controversial Professor by Jeffery Francis, The

Star, 5 February, 2006)

2 The phrase ‘special ingredient – some might even say magic’ (line 7) refers
2 to
A creativity
B unique mind
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C human capacity

2 Professor Allan Synder is said to create controversy because

3
A he proposed a revolution in educating young people and determining
factors of success
B he advocated that graduates are mere followers of the thoughts of others
C he tarnished the image of academicians by wearing his cap front to back

2 According to Professor Allan Synder, many graduates are unable to

4 perform up to standard despite graduating from distinguished universities
because
A they are unable to generate new ideas
B they merely learn what they already know
C they do not have the courage to put forward their own ideas

2 “Creativity is an act of rebellion; it’s downright subversive to be creative.”

5 (lines 25-26) suggest that Synder thinks
A creative people dare to take risks
B creative people are up to no good
C people are creative to cause trouble to others

2 Intelligence in the eyes of Professor Allan Synder

6
A is hidden in the unconscious mind
B is developed through everything that we see and read
C can be aroused through a particular gene in the subconscious mind

2 From the passage we learn about all of the following except

7
A everyone has the hidden capacity to be creative
B The centre for the Mind is a collaborative project
C Professor Allan Synder discovered the artist talent Yeak Ping Lian

2 According to the passage, we can tell the difference between a horse and a
8 dog because of all the following except
A we have learned all about them
B we have seen them many times
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C we have real-life experience about them

2 Which of the statement below is not true?

9
A Autistic savants are seen as those with limited intelligence.
B Autistic savants also have remarkable skills despite their limited
abilities.
C Autistic savants are able to develop mental skills through training and
obsessive practice.

Questions 30-37 are based on the passage below.

1 For many years, futurists have envisaged a future where telephone

conversations will take place just like actual face-to-face encounters,
with videos as well as audio output. The reason for this is that
sometimes, meeting up in person with two or three people is just not
possible or practical. Hence, video conferencing (also known as a video 5
teleconferencing or VTC) is needed to make such meetings possible.
2 Although communication companies have been experimenting
with video conferencing technology as early as the late 1950s, it took
the arrival of broadband Internet and affordable web cameras in the late
1990s for video conferencing to really take off. It allows users to see 10
and hear each other in a virtual environment that is as close as possible
to a real meeting. In other words, it is a communication technology that
integrates video and voice to connect remote users with each other as if
they were in the same room. All a user needs for participation in video
conferencing is a computer, webcam, microphone and broadband 15
Internet connection.
3 In the field of education, video conferencing can present students
with the opportunity to learn by participating in a two-way
communication platform. Besides, teachers from all over the world can
be brought to classes in remote and inaccessible places. On the other 20
hand, students from different communities and backgrounds can come
together to learn about one another by discovering, sharing, analysing
and communicating information and ideas with one another. Moreover,
students can participate in ‘virtual field trips’ which involve learning
through visits to other parts of the world. Such ‘trips’ increase the 25
learning opportunities of students and would be most beneficial for
students who are economically disadvantaged or lived in

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geographically-isolated locations. Many prominent universities have

also adopted video conferencing as an educational tool to be used for
their online courses. 30
4 Furthermore, video conferencing is a very valuable technology
for telemedicine and tele-nursing applications, such as consultation,
diagnosis and the transmission of medical images in real time in
countries where there is legal. By using VTC, patients may get in touch
with nurses and physicians in emergency or routine situations. 35
Moreover, physicians and other paramedical professionals can discuss
across vast distances. Research has also shown that medical personnel
in rural areas can use this technology for diagnostic purposes, thus
saving lives and making more efficient use of health care money.
5 Another use of video conferencing is to share documents, 40
computer-displayed information and whiteboards. Business leaders
around the world too use video conferencing to keep in touch with
important contacts while on the go.
6 However, present-day applications of video conferencing
technology are just the beginning. As video and voice capture 45
technology, software and display technologies continue to improve,
video conferencing will soon become a common mode of
communication. Ultimately, video conferencing and similar
technologies will allow the establishment of ‘virtual cities’, which refers 50
to online spaces where people work together without the limitation of
geographic proximity. This would enable skilled workers living in the
outskirts of cities to work from home. On top of that, this would help to
reduce congestion in cities and preserve the environment.

3 Video conferencing is a
0
A display technology
B communication technology
C broadband internet connection
D video and voice capture technology

3 All of the following are true except

1
A Video conferencing began in the late 1990s
B Video conferencing has created virtual cities
C Video conferencing is used as an educational tool
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D Video conferencing is used by doctors for diagnostic purposes

3 Which of the following are features of video conferencing?

2
I Face-to face encounters
II Integrates video and audio technology
III Involves voice-only communication technology
I Needs computer, web camera, microphone and broadband Internet
V connection
A I, II & III
B I, II & IV
C I, III & IV
D II, III & IV

3 The writers hopes that

3
A voice and pictures technology will catch on
B video conferencing will be used in other fields
C video conferencing will improve lifestyles
D voice and picture technology software will be easily available

3 The main purpose of paragraph 4 is to

4
A warn
B advise
C remind
D inform

3 The writer mentions virtual field trips and virtual cities to show the concept
5 of
A virtual simulation
B virtual language
C virtual reality
D virtual twins

3 In the last paragraph, the writer states that improvements in video

6 conferencing technologies will indirectly result in the
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A regular use of video conferencing

B preservation of the environment
C convenience in communication
D creation of ‘virtual cities’

3 We can infer that the writer’s tone is _______ .

7
A non-committal
B pessimistic
C optimistic
D biased

Questions 38-45 are based on the passage below.

1 Harry Houdini who was the entertainment phenomenon of the

ragtime died in 1927. His death-defying acts amazed many of his
audience. He could escape from chain and padlocks, from ropes and
canvas sacks within seconds. He could even untie himself when he was
put in a straitjacket and hung upside down from a skyscraper. Another 5
death-defying act was when he was locked in a packing case and sunk
in the Liverpool docks. Minutes later, he surfaced smiling. In Moscow,
he escaped from a Siberian van. At one point, brewers challenged
Houdini to escape from his Milk Can after they filled it with beer, yet he
managed to break free. He was put in a coffin with the lid nailed and 10
was buried, but when he was dug up after more than thirty minutes, he
was found to be still breathing.
2 The audience was usually allowed to examine his
equipment before or during the performance. The chains, locks and the
packing cases all seemed perfectly kosher, so it was tempting to imply 15
that Houdini possessed superhuman powers. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
creator of the paragon of analytical thinking Sherlock Holmes, believes
that Houdini achieved his tricks through spiritualism. He refused to
believe any of Houdini’s exposes. Doyle actually came to believe that
Houdini was a powerful spiritualist medium and had performed many of 20
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his stunts by means of paranormal abilities. Indeed, he wrote to the

escapologist, imploring him tom use his psychic powers more profitably
for the common good instead of prostituting his powers at the Alhambra
every night. However, Houdini had repeatedly denounced spiritualism
and disclaimed any psychic elements in his acts. 25
3 Another alternative explanation for his feat of escapism was
that Houdini could do unnatural things with his body. It is widely
speculated that he could dislocate his shoulders to escape from
straitjackets, and that his wrists could contract so that he could free
himself from handcuffs. His ability to spend long hours in confined 30
spaces is cited as evidence that he could put his body into suspended
animation, as Indian fakirs are supposed to do. However, researchers
have dispelled this belief claiming that if a person is tied up in a
straitjacket, it is difficult for him to dislocate his shoulder. Contracting
the wrists is not helpful either as it is virtually incompressible. 35
4 As for the principle that Houdini could put himself into
suspended animation, the trick is that it relies on the fact that a person
can live for a short periods on the air contained in the confined space.
The air required by an average person in a day would occupy a cube just
eight feet square. The build up of carbon monoxide tends to pollute this 40
supply. However, if a person can relax, the air in a confined space
should be able to keep him going for about thirty minutes. In short,
Houdini’s death-defying acts were not as remarkable as one would have
believed then except for his courage, dexterity and fitness. His nerve
was so cool that he could relax in a casket buried a few metres 45
underground until he was dug up again. His fingers were so strong that
he could unlock a buckle or manipulate keys through the canvas of a
straitjacket. He made a comprehensive and detailed study of locks and
was able to conceal lock-picks in his body that he could have fooled
doctors who examined him. When he was locked in a prison van, he had 50
concealed a hacksaw blade which he used to saw through joints in the
metal lining and get access to the planks of the floor.
5 As an entertainer, he combined all his strength and
ingenuity with a lot of trickery. An orchestra was playing to disguise the
sawing and banging when he staged his escape behind a curtain. The 55
milk churn in which he locked himself in had a double lining so that
while the lid was locked onto the rim, the rim was not actually attached
to the churn. Hence, all Houdini’s feats are eminently explicable
although to explain them, even now, seems like heresy. Houdini belongs
to a band of mythical supermen who, we like to believe, was capable of 60
miracles and would still be alive today if not for some piece of low
trickery. The most widespread account is that Houdini’s ruptured

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appendix was caused by multiple blows to his abdomen which caused

his death. Somehow the myth of the superman has an even greater
appeal than the edifice of twentieth century logic. 65

(Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry Houdini)

3 The writer mentioned Houdini’s burial alive to show that

8
A his trick could sometimes go awry
B he was not always able to do what he claimed
C he was capable of remarkable feats of survival
D he was not afraid to be locked in a confined space

3 In paragraph 2, it is suggested that Conan Doyle

9
A was less rational and analytical that one might have expected
B asked Houdini to work with him to write Sherlock Holmes book
C thought that there were scientific explanation for all Houdini’s feats
D felt that Houdini should use his acts to make money in other ways

4 The word kosher (line 15) can be best replaced with

0
A expensive
B complicated
C genuine
D solid

4 Which of the following statements is true?

1
A Houdini had an unusual bone structure.
B Houdini needed less air than most people.
C Houdini was able to put himself into trance.
D Houdini was not physically and mentally abnormal.

4 How do you think Houdini was able to escape from the straitjacket?
2
A By studying all kinds of locks and keys
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B By concealing lock-picks in his clothes

C By cutting the canvas with a hacksaw
D By using keys he had concealed

4 When Houdini escaped from the milk churn

3
A the orchestra was playing to disguise the noise
B he used the hacksaw to saw through the joints
C the container had been worked on beforehand
D it was well hidden behind a curtain

4 According to the writer, many people

4
A want to know the scientific explanation for Houdini’s achievement
B prefer to believe that Houdini had used mystical powers in his feats
C Think that Houdini died because of the punching that had caused his
appendix to rupture
D do not believe that Houdini was a superman who was capable of
working miracles

4 From the article above, we can conclude that

5
A no want managed to explain how Houdini did some of his tricks
B in the future someone will be able to repeat some of Houdini’s feats
C Houdini could stay in a sealed coffin without breathing for half an hour
D Houdini was a charismatic man who dazzled the world with his
amazing feats

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