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- Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
WASTE DISPOSAL
Population in most cities increasing at a very high rate. The high population...(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
WASTE DISPOSAL
Population in most cities increasing at a very high rate. The high population results in high levels of activities and consumption. People in cities consume a lot of food and they buy groceries from shops, which are wrapped in polythene bags. As a result, a lot of garbage is generated and disposed off within and outside the urban areas. The higher the population, the higher the amount of garbage generated. This means that there should be an efficient system of collecting and disposing off the garbage.
The effectiveness of waste management by city councils varies from country to country. In most African cities, a large amount of waste is not deposited in rubbish pits. Instead, it is dumped in the open. According to United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) statistics, sixty five percent of garbage in Tripoli, for example, is dumped in the open while eighty percent of garbage in Ismailia (Egypt is also dumped in the open.
With extreme warm temperatures such garbage tends to decompose rapidly causing serious health risks besides being a nuisance. One common method of deposing off waste is open burning. This contributes to the problem of urban air pollution.
In Nairobi, for example, it is common to find informal open burning sites. Most residents of city estates say that they are forced to burn waste in the open because the city council is incapable of dealing with the increasing amount of garbage. When waste is not disposed off effectively, it affects human health and damages the environment. For example, it has led to problems such as pollution of water sources, offensive odour, and increase in disease vectors, pests and scavengers.
However, there are examples of domestic waste being disposed off hygienically or being recycled. For example, in rural Egypt, there are organizations that promote environmental awareness among women by providing them with plastic bags so that they can collect their garbage. On the other hand, the youth are given the task of taking the garbage to a designated collection point. This scheme can be imported to the urban areas with a lot of success.
Another possible solution could be the introduction of reusable shopping bags in place of the usual polythene bags. Supermarkets and other businesses can pack customers’ goods in bags that are reusable. This would drastically reduce the amount of domestic waste generated everyday.
Questions
a) What is the result of high population in most cities?
b)In most African cities, where are large amounts of waste deposited?
c)How much waste does Egypt dump in the open?
d)What two problems result from dumping waste in the open?
e)Why is open burning of waste common?
f)In what two ways can waste be successfully managed according to the passage?
g)In note form, briefly state the various forms of waste disposal discussed in the passage.
h)Why is Egypt mentioned in the passage?
i)What is the writer’s attitude towards the city council?
j)The high population results in high levels of activities and consumption.
(Rewrite beginning So…..)
k)Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.
i) Offensive odour
ii)Disposed off
iii)Decompose
Date posted: October 10, 2019. Answers (1)
- Mrs. Mutuku of Maasai Mara High School asked her class to decide which one of the books in their syllabus they should perform for the...(Solved)
Mrs. Mutuku of Maasai Mara High School asked her class to decide which one of the books in their syllabus they should perform for the rest of the school. She had asked Joyce to lead the discussion. Read the form 4c discussion below and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Mutuku: Joyce would you lead the discussion?
Joyce : Aha, Ok, The question is : What play should we pick for our class play. Does anyone have suggestions? Sharon?
Sharon: I suggest we do “Betrayal in the City”
Anred: How about “The Caucasian Chalk Circle?
Joyce: No, I dislike “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” Passionately.
Kendra: I love “The river and the Source.”
Sharon: No, way! That would make a stupid play!
Let’s do “Betrayal in the City”
Joyce : Benta?
Benta: I have never watched “The Caucasian Chalk Circle ness” but……..
Pamela: It’s a superb play
Joyce: Pamela; please let benta finish then it will be your turn
Pamela: Sorry.
Benta : Anyway, I have never seen a play on “Betrayal in the City” but I have watched the movie and I loved it
Joyce: Pamela
Pamela: I just wanted to say I think “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” Is a reality good play.
Lynette: I saw the movie “Betrayal in the City” and I really liked it. I loved the part where muhh
tells Jere you_______
Joyce: Excuse me, lynette but we should talk about that after the discussion is over. Does anyone have any other? Suggestions? No? Ok. Sharon proposed “Betrayal in the City” Anred likes “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”. And Kendra wants to do “The River and the source.” Has anybody seen or read all three? No? ok. I suggest that we all go to the library and read them and then continue the discussion in a couple of days. Is that ok with everyone? Ok. The discussion is over.
i) In terms of effective communication, identify four things some members of form 4c did wrong in this discussion.
ii) Mention aspects of etiquette displayed by some members during the discussion
iii)What tone would Anred use in her only speech in this discussion
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- An experiment was set to investigate the effect of unilateral light on the growth of oat coleoptiles. The diagram in the table represents the experimental...(Solved)
An experiment was set to investigate the effect of unilateral light on the growth of oat coleoptiles. The diagram in the table represents the experimental set ups the start and the result at the end of experiment.
(a) Account for the reaction in experiment set up A
(b) Explain the purpose of experiment set up B and C
c) Explain the results in the experiment set D and E
D
E
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Haemophilia is a sex linked trait
(i) If a normal woman but carrier for haemophilia marries a normal man, work out the phenotype of the offspring...(Solved)
Haemophilia is a sex linked trait
(i) If a normal woman but carrier for haemophilia marries a normal man, work out the phenotype of the offspring using a genetic cross.
(ii) Name two chromosomal disorders.
(iii) Other then haemophilia, state any other two sex - linked defect in man.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- The table below shows the concentration of sodium and iodine ions in pond water and in the cell sap(Solved)
The table below shows the concentration of sodium and iodine ions in pond water and in the cell sap.
Giving reasons name the process through which each of the ions is taken up by the plants
a)
(i) Sodium ion
(ii) Iodine ion
(b) The lettuce plant was then treated with a chemical substance that inhibits the synthesis of ATP Giving a reason, state which ion was affected by the treatment.
(c) Explain why fresh water fish cannot survive is marine habitat.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- State two diseases that commonly affect bees in bee farming.(Solved)
State two diseases that commonly affect bees in bee farming.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill in the blank spaces by using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.(Solved)
Fill in the blank spaces by using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
i) Is ........... right that important to you? (be)
ii) Otieno ............the coat so well that no one found it. (hide)
iii) The balloon ............as soon as we pierced it. (burst)
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given.
i) The ogre was slain by a small boy. (Write in active voice.)
ii) The children have taken the ball. (passive voice)
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Replace the phrasal verbs underlined with one word in each of these sentences.(Solved)
Replace the phrasal verbs underlined with one word in each of these sentences.
i) The company has put up the prices of its goods.
ii) I wonder why our boss is so worked up.
iii) The scouts came up against all manner of challenges.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill each of the blanks in the sentences below with the correct word in the tense indicated
i) James ____________________ (lie – past simple) on...(Solved)
Fill each of the blanks in the sentences below with the correct word in the tense indicated
i) James ____________________ (lie – past simple) on bed throughout the night.
ii) The girl __________________ (go – present perfect continuous) to school daily.
iii)We ______________________ (learn – future perfect continuous) for four hours by 10a.m.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences in passive voice
i) Who built this house?
ii) We refused to admit the boy. (Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences in passive voice
i) Who built this house?
ii) We refused to admit the boy.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Arrange the adjective in the sentences below in their correct order.(Solved)
Arrange the adjective in the sentences below in their correct order.
i) My friends and I attended a (political, boring, huge) rally.
ii) Why do you still keep this (shapeless, torn, Brazilian) mat?
iii) We found the tourist looking at the (collapsed, ugly, ancient) building.
iv) My uncle operates a (medical, new, successful) store.
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- Complete the sentences below using the most appropriate personal pronoun.
i)There aren’t many girls who are as bright as ______________
ii)Neither ________________ nor the rest of...(Solved)
Complete the sentences below using the most appropriate personal pronoun.
i)There aren’t many girls who are as bright as ______________
ii)Neither ________________ nor the rest of the class is innocent.
iii)It is _______________ who started it all.
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- Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions after each.(Solved)
Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions after each.
i) Your composition needs revising. (Use revised in place of revising)
ii) I am sorry you missed supper. (Begin: I regret…)
iii) They left before the meeting was over. (Rewrite in the negative)
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- i)Setting up his business has really depleted his savings. (cut) ii)He...(Solved)
Replace the underlined words with a suitable phrasal verb based on the given verb.
i)Setting up his business has really depleted his savings. (cut)
ii)He could not decipher the meaning of the coded message. (make)
iii)The besieged Alshabaab surrendered to the mighty KDF. (give)
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- For each of the words in capital letters below, place the stress marker to show where stress falls in the word.(Solved)
For each of the words in capital letters below, place the stress marker to show where stress falls in the word.
i) My COLLEAGUE and I will visit you.
ii) She keeps her car in PERFECT condition.
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- Complete the following sentences with the most appropriate preposition
i) The man was charged _________________ robbery
ii) I am fond ______________ gospel music.
iii)Olivia corresponds...(Solved)
Complete the following sentences with the most appropriate preposition
i) The man was charged _________________ robbery
ii) I am fond ______________ gospel music.
iii)Olivia corresponds ______________ several penpals.
iv)The spectators were angry ______________ referee’s decision.
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- You have been invited to a neighboring school to participate in a debating session. List four things you would do before and during the debate...(Solved)
You have been invited to a neighboring school to participate in a debating session. List four things you would do before and during the debate in order to be effective.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- The underlining indicates which word is stressed in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each sentence means.(Solved)
The underlining indicates which word is stressed in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each sentence means.
i) We borrowed this book.
ii) We borrowed this book.
iii) We borrowed this book.
iv) We borrowed this book.
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- A long ago, Hyena married many wives and begot many, many children. When famine broke in...(Solved)
Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follow:
A long ago, Hyena married many wives and begot many, many children. When famine broke in the country, poor hyena found himself facing an enormous task of feeding his extra-ordinarily large family. One day, he lay down and pondered, “what shall I do now? Food is scarce and nobody seems to be prepared to cast away even a morsel for a poor person to console himself with. That is just terrible.”
It so happened in the evening that children crowded around him and started crying: “Father, Father, please father, what shall we eat? We are feeling hungry.” Hyena did not know what to tell the children. Could he tell them the truth, that he himself wouldn’t mind eating one of them if he had a chance of doing so. “Well, well,” he said as he pushed the children aside and turned to his wives. “Come here my women. I am going out hunting. I want you to take care of these children as best as you can. See what you can prepare for tomorrow when I will be away.”
In the morning, Hyena set out to look for some game in distant places. He walked and walked and came to an uncultivated farmland, where people used to dig pitfalls, for ensnaring game. He looked this way and that way and suddenly he chanced to see spoors of various animals around wondering where the diverse spoors led to, he put out his vicious snout and sniffed the air hungrily, thinking aloud, “I won’t miss a bagging prey for my family today. Then he stooped down and screamed hungrily, Hmmmh”.
All of a sudden, he made a quick turn about and trotted to the other end of the field. He stopped for a bit and when he looked around again, he saw to his delight a buck trying to hide himself from his sight. Hyena made a fast leap at the buck but the buck bolted and raced for his life. Hyena ran, and ran and ran, but he could not catch up with the nimble buck. Accidentally, he tripped and fell head long into a pit, giving such a yell that one would have thought that the world was coming to an end. He kept on yelling and screaming for help. “wooooi – woi – woi! Waai! – wai! – wai! Brother come back….. please come back and help me out! I assure you I did not mean to catch you………please come back……come back! What will my children eat today, please hee-eelp. I am dying. Heeeiii. Heeeeelp!”
The more hyena shouted, the faster the buck ran. Thus hyena remained there, howling and screaming the whole night with nobody around to pull him out of the pit. The following morning he felt hungry and thirsty. The whole farmland was enwrapped in such a thick blanket of mist such that one could not see where to step next. Visibility conditions were such that one could easily push one’s hand into the hyena’s mouth. A baboon came by tiptoeing stealthily. On hearing continuous screams, he hurried to the snare to see who was shouting for help. He peered into the pit and Lo! He saw the hyena trapped below. As soon as hyena saw him, he screamed louder. Brother baboon, help, heee-eeelp……. Please help! I am trapped here please pull me out. Baboon turned round and squatted on the edge of the pit, letting his tail dangle below to Hyena and said, “Brother Hyena, you hold tight on my tail now and I will pull you out.”
Hyena got hold of the tail and Baboon tugged and tugged, until he managed to tow him out of the pit fall. But as soon as Hyena came to the surface, he turned to Baboon and said, “Brother Baboon, I have finished one whole day in this hole without eating anything at all. This was going to be my second day. I have no way out but eat you so as to survive.” Baboon was really puzzled. He started struggling frantically with Hyena, pleading, “please brother Hyena, show mercy on me. Please let me go for the help I have given you? Hyena said firmly, “No!” And when Baboon insisted on talking to him, Hyena warned, “each moment that passes while we talk makes me hungrier. I have said “No” and I won’t let you go.” All right said baboon. “I will let you eat me on condition that by doing so, you don’t endager your own life. You may care to know that unless you take me by the tail and smash me against the tree, I will scream so hard and loud that the whole Baboon world will be alarmed and come to my aid before you eat me in which case you would be the loser. Brother Hyena take my word for it!” Hyena thought about Baboon’s words for a moment and then said sarcastically; “All right I agree with your suggestion.
In any case, whichever way I eat, you would still go down my throat. Come on then, bring your tail such so as to smash your shaggy head against the tree.” Baboon turned round and grasped him on the tail. No sooner was he swung high in the air than he slipped out of Hyena’s hand and leapt onto the tree, climbing high up to the top. By that time the mist was clearing away.
Looking down below, Baboon said to hyena, “Now you can tell me, where is your gratitude, brother Hyena?” Hyena got very angry and gnashed his teeth saying, “If you cannot come down voluntarily so that I may eat you, I will cut down this tree with my teeth!”
Luckily, Baboon saw a tortoise walking past and shouted, brother Hyena, behold there comes the judge of the animals kingdom! Please call him here so that he may come and give his opinion on our case.
There upon, Hyena hailed Tortoise to come and settle the dispute between himself and baboon. When the tortoise came, Baboon said to him, “I found Brother Hyena stranded in a pitfall over there, then when I asked him what was wrong, he told me that he had been trapped in the snare for one full day. I gave him my tail to hold onto and I managed to pull him out of the hole.
Now, tell me your worship, is it a sign of gratitude for him to say that he will eat me by all means, even if it would mean cutting down this tree with his teeth? Tortoise considered Baboon’s submission for a while and then said, “come with me Brother Hyena. Let us go and see the pitfall in which you were trapped when baboon found you.” Thus Hyena led tortoise to the pit-fall and when they got there, tortoise said, “Brother Hyena, put your head into the hole so that I can see how difficult it must have been for you to come out.”
As soon as Hyena stooped into the mouth of the pit-fall, tortoise pushed him down, and he plunged headlong right to the bottom, leaving Hyena still struggling frantically in the pitfall. Tortoise went to Baboon and said, “Brother Baboon, you can come downward go your way. Hyena will help himself out of that pit fall.”
Questions
a)Classify this narrative.
b)Discuss one character trait for each of the following animals.
i) Hyena
ii) Baboon
iii) Tortoise
c)Illustrate three (3) story telling devices adopted in this narrative.
d)Identify any two economic activities carried out by the community from which this narrative has been drawn.
e)Define the following terms as used in orature.
i) Transcription
ii) Translation
iii)Raconteur
f)State any three oral narration characteristics that would be lost by writing this narrative.
g)Give the moral lesson learnt out of this narrative.
h)Suppose you went to the field to collect the above narrative, mention any three (3) problems you are likely to encounter.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)