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Migori/Nyatike District Mock - English Paper 2 Question Paper
Migori/Nyatike District Mock - English Paper 2
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Mock question papers
Exam Year:2011
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ENGLISH
(COMPREHENSION, LITERARY,
APPRECIATION AND GRAMMAR)
PAPER 2
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
English
Paper 2
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:-
_ Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.
_ Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
_ Answer all questions in this question paper.
_ Answers to all questions must be written in the spaces provided in this booklet.
This paper consists of 8 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
READING COMPREHENSION
Q1. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow
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1. Why are mosquitoes attracted to human beings? (2mks)
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2. Apart from foot odour, why else do mosquitoes feed on human feet? (2mks)
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3. Do all mosquitoes feed on human blood? Explain your answer. (3mks)
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4. Explain in two sentences how electro-antenography works. (3mks)
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5. State all the methods being tried out by researcher’s to develop mosquito repellants. (4mks)
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6. Give the meaning of the following words as they are used in the context. (5mks)
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7. Give an alternative title to this passage. (1mk)
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2. Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.
ASLAKSEN: That is true, Mr. Mayor.
PETER STOCKMANN: And I have no doubt you know the general opinion among them, don’t
you?
ASLAKSEN: Yes I think I may say I do, Mr. Mayo.
PETER STOCKMANN: Yes. Well, since there is such a praiseworthy spirit of self-sacrifice
among the less wealthy classes of our town…
ASLAKSEN: What?
HOVSTAD: Self-sacrifice?
PETER STOCKMANN: It is pleasing evidence of public spirit and good will, extremely
pleasing evidence. I might also say I hardly expected it. But you have a
closer knowledge of public opinion than myself.
ASLAKSEN: But, Mayor…
PETER STOCKMANN: And indeed it is no small sacrifice that the town is doing to make.
HOVSTAD: The town?
ASLAKSEN: But I don’t understand. Is it the Baths…?
PETER STOCKMANN: At a rough estimate, the alterations that the Medical Officer asserts to
be desirable will cost somewhere about forty thousand pounds.
ASLAKSEN: That is a lot of money, but…
PETER STOCKMANN: Of course it will be necessary to raise a municipal loan.
HOVSTAD (getting up): Surely you never mean that the town must pay…?
ASLAKSEN: Do you mean that it must come out of the municipal funds?...out of the
pockets of the small middle-class men?
PETER STOCKMANN: Well, my dear Aslaksen, where else is the money to come out from?
ASLAKSEN: The gentlemen who own the Baths ought to provide that.
Questions
(a) Place this except in its immediate context. (4mks)
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(b) Apart from the need to take a municipal loan, what other reasons does the mayor give in
the play for opposing Dr. Stockmann’s report? Give your answer in point form. (3mks)
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(c) From the excerpt, and with illustrations, give the character traits of: (4mks)
(i) Aslaksen
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(ii) Peter Stockmann
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(d) State the main stylist device used in the excerpt and illustrate. (2mks)
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(e) Add question tags to the following sentences. (2mks)
(i) But I don’t understand….
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(ii) That is a lot of money…
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3. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Questions
1.(i) What arguments are put forward as reasons for developing tourism in the country? (4mks)
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(ii) Do you think the ‘idigines’ have a say in the decision. Give a reason for your answer. (3mks)
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2. State any two metaphors used in the poem. (2mks)
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3. What do you think the poet is trying to imply by putting the word ‘lost’ in inverted
commas? (2mks)
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4. Say what effect is achieved by the repetition of the line:
“when the tourists flew in” (3mks)
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5. Identify the poet’s attitude towards his topic. Illustrate your answer. (2mks)
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6. Explain how verse four contrasts with verse ten. (3mks)
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4. GRAMMAR
(a) Put a demonstrative adjective in each of the following blanks. (3mks)
(i) My mother bought ___________cakes in _________________shop over there.
(ii) _______________planet up there is called Jupiter.
(b) Fill the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. (5mks)
(i) There_______________ (do) not seem to be anyone around.
(ii) Nobody _______________ (know) the answer to the question.
(iii) Here _______________ (come) the long awaited team.
(iv) Everybody_______________ (be) punctual for the meeting.
(v) Each student _______________ (be) to receive two answer sheets.
(c) Construct two sentences using each one fo the following words. In the first sentence, use the word as a noun and in the second one, use the word as verb. (4mks)
(i) convert
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(ii) find
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(d) Study the following sentences and state whether the –ing form is the gerund or not. (3mks)
(i) His having to leave in a hurry surprised many.
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(ii) Maina left the house whistling a tune.
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(iii) Washing his car is a favourite hobby.
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(e) In the following sentences, put quotation marks where necessary. (5mks)
(i) I kept it over there, the girl said, pointing under her bed, under that bed.
(ii) During important ceremonies, the Maasai wear colourful shukas.
(iii) The Burdens by John Ruganda, the teacher said is about exploitation of the common man
by the rich.
(iv) What, he asked, are you going to do after this?
(v) Sit still, Mr. Mwenezi, said the doctor.__
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