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Use complex prepositions to fill in the blank spaces.
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Use complex prepositions to fill in the blank spaces.
i) I am apologizing......................of my class.
ii) The boys were convicted...............................drug trafficking.
iii) ...................................what I have said, mothers should be role models.
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November 7, 2019
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Use the most suitable form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces.
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Use the most suitable form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces.
(i) Learning, our principal told us, is a ..........................process. (CONTINUE)
(ii) Due to the widespread .................................in the country, youths are not enthusiastic about education. (EMPLOY)
(iii)That yard is where ......................of old vehicles takes place. (MAINTAIN).
Date posted:
November 7, 2019
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Read the following comprehension and answer the questions that follow.
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Read the following comprehension and answer the questions that follow.
Over the years man has cultivated to exhaustion the better soils in the plains. This has led to
progressive destruction of land to the point where some of the steeper hill slopes are cultivated so
that widespread erosion has been initiated. Meanwhile, the livestock are continuously being forced on to smaller areas of poorer land and further up the hill slopes where they have to compete with foresters. As a result the quantities of animal proteins, so necessary to human health, have steadily declined. Surprisingly, instead of accepting the responsibility for all his destruction, man blames livestock and in particular the goat.
Man has repeatedly failed to do anything to restore the fertility of the soils he has ravaged. After the last miserable crop has been harvested the land has been left to weeds. No attempt has been made to plant grass or to under plant the last agricultural crop with fodder species. Had this been done rehabilitation would have been quicker and sure and erosion would have been reduced. Thus the gradually worsening situation would be arrested.
If man would shoulder the responsibility for his own greedy misuse of the land, the goat could easily carry the blame for its own much smaller share in this degradation. Unfortunately, because human nature is what it is, man will find something to blame for his won carelessness. The goat has been chosen to carry this blame largely because it is often the last animal to be seen wresting a precarious living from the areas where man has done his worst and from which cattle and sheep have long since been forced to move.
Conservation of land depends on proper planning. Livestock numbers therefore, irrespective of species, should be strictly limited to a density which will permit pasture renewal instead of causing its degeneration. This adjustment of numbers should help man to have a balanced mixture of livestock.
Many writers in recent years have tried to show that there has been considerable improvement in mountain grazing areas after the banishment of the goat. Most, however, fail to indicate to what extent this has been due solely to the removal of the goat or to a reduction in other livestock densities or other measures such as erosion control, terracing, the building of gabions and grass plan planting. It is essential to ensure that results which are obtained in one environment are not automatically applied to different one. (Adapted from observation on the goat)
(a) According to paragraph one of the passage, who has man used as a scapegoat?
(b) In paragraph two, what two words show that land has not been very productive.
(c) Why has the quantities of animal proteins necessary to human health declined?
(d) Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given.
(i) Unfortunately, because human nature is what it is, man will find something to blame for his own carelessness.
(Begin: The author stated that ......)
(ii) Thus, the gradually worsening situation would be arrested.
(Add a question tag).
(e) What could have been done to ensure quicker rehabilitation and reduce erosion.
(f) What other words could be used in place of those given without changing the meaning.
(i) Initiated
(ii) Miserable
(iii) Degradation
(iv) Banishment
(g) Rewrite in the active voice.
(i) The goat has been chosen for this blame.
(ii) Livestock are continually being forced onto poorer areas.
(h) How would you sum up the author’s argument in 1 or 2 sentences?
Date posted:
November 6, 2019
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Complete the sentences below using the correct option from those given in brackets.
1. We _______________________ to have construction work start in January. (intent/intend)
2. When...
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Complete the sentences below using the correct option from those given in brackets.
1. We _______________________ to have construction work start in January. (intent/intend)
2. When their children were grown up, Kahiga and his wife __________________ (adapted/adopted) a son.
3. This school has been chosen as the centre of _____________________ in the county. (excellency/excellence)
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October 31, 2019
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Even though tattoos are sometimes associated with rebellion, they have longstanding history amongcommunities around the world....
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Read that passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Even though tattoos are sometimes associated with rebellion, they have longstanding history among
communities around the world. Tahitians, for instance used tattoos as a permanent way of preserving their
culture and to show social ranking. Early Christians, on the other hand, often had the sign of a cross tattooed on their bodies, particularly their faces and arms, representing a permanent mark of the believer's faith.
The word 'tattoo' is derived from a Tahitian word tatau that means to mark. Tatau has been suggested to be the onomatopoeic sound tap, tap, tap made by the tapping of a tattoo instrument as it works on skin while 'au' is associated with the cry of pain a person gives when being tattooed.
The first ever tattoo to be found on a human being was found on a mummified iceman in 3,300BC with 58
tattoos on his body, which contained lines and dots. This is nothing, however, compared to Scottish Tom
Leopard, recorded as the world's most tattooed person, with 99.9 per cent of his body covered in leopard
skin design. Guinness world records record that the only part of his body that remained untattoed is the skin between his toes and inside of his ears.
When receiving a tattoo, the skin is pierced between 50 to 3,000 times per minute by a needle in the tattoo machine. Most tattoo machines consists of four parts: the needle, the tube that holds the ink, an electric motor, and a foot pedal that controls the movement ; almost similar to how a sewing machine works.
Sterilization and disposable materials are crucial to tattooing because tattoos are created by thousands of puncture marks to the skin, each of which could be infected. The autoclave is a safe popular way to sterilize any tattoo equipment that is not disposable. A combination of heat, steam and pressure kills all bacterial and organisms to prevent infection.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, tattoos were dangerous to have. European 'head hunters' caused a
terror by collecting tattooed Maori heads. As the odd sport became popular, more Moaris were murdered to
meet the demand. In the time, slaves began being tattooed so that their heads could be cut off and sold.
Luckily, however, Christian missionaries in the cook Island condemned the practice of tattooing quoting
the Bible “… do not cut your bodies for the dead or put marks on yourself….” They tried to stamp out the
custom going as far as trying to remove tattoos by rubbing the skin with sandstone in a practice that was
known as ' holy stoning'. This was the primitive forerunner to modern tattoo removal known as
dermabrasion, where the skin is 'sanded' to remove layers. Dermabrasion has now largely given way to
laser surgery as a popular means of tattoo removal.
While tattoos bring colour to humanity, research has shown that unclean tattooing practices can transmit
diseases such as hepatitis B. Some pigments used in tattoos contain metals that can cause pain during a
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test, or even affect the resulting MRI image. Because of the possible
negative effects tattoos pose to humans, those keen on getting one have to be very careful before they get
one. That said, it is important to note that presently, many tattoo artists earn a good living out of the art.
(a) From paragraph one, state two historical uses of tattoos.
(b) According to the writer state the origin of the word tattoo.
c) What is most striking about Tom Leopard.
(d) What was the risk associated with tattooing in the 18th and 19th centuries.
(e) State two modern ways of tattoo removal.
(f) Many tattoo artists earn a good living out of the art. (Add a question tag)
(g) In note form state the negative effects of tattooing.
(h) What are the benefits of tattooing as suggested in the passage?
(i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage
Mummified
Sterilize
Pigments
Earn a good living
Date posted:
October 31, 2019
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The setting of a story ________ to the time and place where the story takes place....
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Fill in the following gaps with the most appropriate word
The setting of a story ________ to the time and place where the story takes place. The setting may shift
from one place to _________________________as the story progresses and end somewhere else, or it
might move elsewhere and come back to the _____________________________ place, hence completing
a full circle. Sometimes the setting _________________ be static (no change. Time is also important for
the setting. This could be told in the story, or could be ____________________________ by the events in
the of the story. For example ,if the story ______________________around a modern setting, with modern
buildings and technological devices, this alludes to the time of setting-i.e. the recent past.
__________________________ if the show grass-thatched huts as dwelling places of the character, this
could be an indication that either the setting is in the____________________________ of the rural areas
,or the story was written was some time __________________________the past
It is important to _____________________________ the setting of a story as this helps us to understand
the theme, the behavior and attitudes of the characters in the story better.
Date posted:
October 31, 2019
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Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow. A greedy Old Man and the Sausage. Once upon a time, there lived an...
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3. ORAL SKILLS
(a) Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow.
A greedy Old Man and the Sausage
Once upon a time, there lived an old man. One day he paid a visit to his in-laws. On entering the house of his mother-in-law, he found that she had been roasting some meat, among which was delicious looking sausage and she was not in the house. He immediately took the sausage and quickly shoved it into his quiver. And it so happened that a piece of live coal had got stuck on the sausage but the old man didn’t know. He quickly shut the quiver.
No sooner had he sat down than the owner of the house came in. They sat down to talk about the children’s health. When they had finished, it was time for the old man to return to his home. Just then, the woman noticed smoke issuing from the quiver and asked the old man; “Paker, how come the quiver is smoking? The man answered, “Oh. It’s some naughty fire stick with a soft head that smokes whenever it comes into contact with soft wood and the arrows.” The woman kept quiet and got up to escort her guest.
When they had walked only a short distance, the fire made a hole in the quiver and the arrows fell out, tak! together with the stolen sausage. The lady, who was walking closely behind, exclaimed: ‘see, had I not known it! Then the old man fearing that his sausage might be eaten shouted, “Oh, my Paker, Please do not do it!”
So while the lady ran home in shame, the greedy old man continued with his journey in extreme embarrassment. They showed each other their backs and there ends the story.
Questions
i) State three things a narrator would do to draw the audience’s attention at the beginning of the story (3mks)
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ii) Describe how a narrator would perform line 4-6 of the second paragraph (2mks)
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iii) Explain four ways in which audience can indicate active listening in the performance of this narrative (4mks)
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iv) Apart from using the ending formula, how else would a narrator signal to the audience the ending of his story? (1mk)
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3b. For each of the following words, identify the silent letter (5mks)
(i) Satchet
(ii) Tomb
(iii) Married
(iv) Mortgage
(v) Champagne
3c. Pick the odd word out based on the pronunciation of the underlined vowel sounds
(4mks)
(i) Cup, bury, hut cut
(ii) Pail, paper, patron, patter
(iii) Cold, corn, cohort, convoke
(iv) Brook, broom, brood, boot
3d. You have been summoned to the Discipline Teacher’s Office. You are in possession of a bag that was reportedly missing. Complete the gaps in the following conversation.
Discipline Teacher (knock!) Yes, come in, Good morning
Me…………………………………………………………………… (1mk)
Discipline teacher: Are you innocent Kibaya?
Me…………………………………………………………………….. (1mk)
Discipline teacher: Tell me about this missing bag.
Me…………………………………………………………………….. (2mks)
Discipline teacher: Do you have any substantial proof?
Me……………………………………………………………………..
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Discipline teacher: Okey Innocent, I find your explanation convincing.
I feel it was a case of mistaken identity.
Me…………………………………………………………………….. (1mk)
3e. You are giving verbal directions to a stranger in your estate. What are the main parts to consider? (4mks)
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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i) You are the outgoing President and you have been asked to give a speech during your prize giving day. List five strategies you may...
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i) You are the outgoing President and you have been asked to give a speech during your prize giving day. List five strategies you may employ to ensure effective introduction of the speech.
ii)Imagine that you feel nervous as you present the speech. What would you do to overcome it?
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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My mother groaned, my father wept, Into the dangerous world I Leapt, Helpless,...
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Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
INFANT SORROW
My mother groaned, my father wept,
Into the dangerous world I Leapt,
Helpless, naked, piping loud
Like friend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in my father’s hands,
Striving against my swaddling bands,
Bound and weary I thought best,
To suck upon my mother’s breast.
(William Blake)
i)Illustrate any two stylistic devices used by the poet.
ii) Work out the rhyme scheme in this poem.
iii)Mention two non-verbal cues you would use to make the poem interesting. Indicate the lines you would use them.
iv)Which words would you stress in line 1 and why?
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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When food gets (1) ____________________ people are forced to resort to desperate measures. (2)_________________ families resort to eating wild fruits, tubers and vegetables. For example,...
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When food gets (1) ____________________ people are forced to resort to desperate measures. (2)_________________ families resort to eating wild fruits, tubers and vegetables. For example, in Turkana South, people eat a hard highly (3)_________________ wild fruit called ‘Elamarch’ which they have to boil for over ten hours before it becomes safe for human (4) ________________. Sadly, by the time it is cooked, some weak people would have (5)__________________ of hunger.
The most (6)____________________ twist to famine situation is when food poisoning occurs. It aggravates an already (7) ____________________ situation because it also claims human (8)____________________ food. The (9)____________________ poisonous substance found in contaminated food is aflatoxin B1. Aflatoxin is mainly found in (10)_________________ stored maize.
Date posted:
October 29, 2019
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Fill in the blank spaces, with the most appropriate word.Poaching is increasingly (1) _______a menace, not just in Kenya, (2) ____ also in...
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Fill in the blank spaces, with the most appropriate word.
Poaching is increasingly (1) _______a menace, not just in Kenya,
(2) _____ also in other parts of the continent, (3) _______ a grave
danger to the survival of various animals species, particularly the elephant. Whereas
there have been (4) ________to raise awareness about the danger posed by
the menace, not enough has been done to (5) _____it out and punish offenders.
As it is, poaching is becoming a crisis, threatening species like elephants, which are
hunted (6) ________their ivory, rhinos which are targeted because of their
horns and other game like lions.
The Kenya Wildlife Service has been doing well to combat (7) _______________ but
it appears that more is needed if the criminals (8) _________________ to be stopped.
If the killers have more sophisticated weaponry, then KWS must (9) _______________
its game or call (10) _______________ the military to assist.
Date posted:
October 21, 2019
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HAWK AND HEN A long time ago, there lived Hen and her friend Hawk....
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Read the following story and then answer the questions that follow.
HAWK AND HEN
A long time ago, there lived Hen and her friend Hawk. The two were good friends and lived near each other. They shared whatever they possessed and their children too were good friends. Every morning after the planting season, one called upon the other to go out to the woods and to rubbish dumps to look for worms and other types of food.
One day, as they prepared themselves to go out to look for food, Hare called on them and told them, “My friends, as you know a friend in need is a friend indeed, I’ve called upon you this morning to invite you to my daughter’s wedding. I cannot forget,” she continued, “how you, especially you, Hen, fed my children when I was sick and bed-ridden. Please, come and enjoy with all of us,” she concluded.
Hen and Hawk looked at each other and nodded their heads. They promised Hare they would go to the ceremony. Hare thanked them and ran off towards his home.
After Hare had left, they looked at each other and burst out in laughter. As far as they were concerned, they did not consider Hare as a real friend but just one of them. They, however, decided to attend the wedding party out of curiosity. Hawk’s son had married a very beautiful girl the previous year and there was a lot of eating and drinking. Hawk could remember vividly how Hyena drank and drank beer until his four legs could not carry him. He had to be taken home completely unaware of what was happening. Could Hare’s party match hers? Hawk wondered. She became curious and wanted to find out.
On the wedding day, Hen and Hawk dressed themselves in their best party costumes. They warned their children not to leave their home compounds during their mothers’ absence. They then left home and walked happily towards Hare’s compound. Hare saw them at a distance and hurried to meet them.
“Oh! How are you my friends? Welcome home. The party is going to start in an ‘hour’s time”.
They went home while Hare was holding Hen’s hand. Hawk noted this with displeasure but she said nothing. When they reached home, Hare said: “Sit down and have a drink while I prepare myself’.
She asked one of her young sons to serve them drinks. When the drinks were brought, again Hawk noted that Hen was served the drink in a glass but Hawk was served in a cup with cracked edges. This killed Hawk’s spirits. She may not have been as beautiful as Hen but that was no reason why she should be discriminated upon. After all, hadn’t she gone out of her way to dress in her best clothes, just for that party? Hawk thought bitterly.
After an hour, Hare emerged from an inner room, dressed magnificently with matching shoes and a necklace. They all proceeded to the party. Hare made sure she sat next to Hen but Hawk sat a little further away. She wondered what was happening. Hen seemed very happy at the party and she laughed all the time with Hare, ignoring Hawk’s presence. Hawk became moody and decided not to talk to any of them from then on.
After the party was over, Hare bid the two goodbye and left for home. It was getting dark as they walked home. Hen tried to involve Hawk in a conversation.
“How did you find the party? I think it was wonderful.” Hawk did not answer Hen and she wondered why Hawk was behaving in that manner. Hen wanted to discuss the matter but Hawk said she was not interested. They went home without talking to each other until they reached their respective compounds. Hen, as usual in her high spirits, bid Hawk goodbye but Hawk looked at her sneeringly, swung her hips more than usual and shut her gate without a word. Hen closed her gate, too, and went to cook for her children.
Very early the next morning, Hawk’s child knocked at Hen’s door and after Hen opened the door, she said, “Mummy sent me to you to tell you to give back all the things that belong to us. Here are all your things that were in our house”
Hen was dumbfounded. She could not imagine ending the friendship with Hawk. They had been friends for such a longtime. Nevertheless, she gave the child all the things that were not hers to take to her mother. The child left but after a short while, she returned.
“Mummy told me you did not give me all the things. She needs our hoe and panga which you borrowed last week to cultivate your farm. She also needs the razor-blade which you borrowed yesterday to shave your children.”
Hen went back to the house and came out with the hoe and the panga but without the razor. She could not find the razor at all. She told Hawk’s child,
“Go and tell your mother I have searched for the razor-blade everywhere but I cannot get it. Tell her I will look for it later on and I will send one of my children with it”
Hen called out to all her children to look for the missing razor-blade and they scratched all round their compound without any success. That evening, Hen sent one of her children to report that the razor-blade was lost and they could not get it. When Hen’s child knocked at Hawk’s door, the door opened, she was pulled in by Hawk and killed. Hawk insisted that she had to have back her razor-blade and she swore to eat all of Hen’s children unless she got it back.
The next morning, Hawk and her children hovered over Hen’s compound trying to get a chance to snatch one of her children. Hen clucked loudly cluck...cluck...running all over the compound, frightened and frantically calling her children to come to her for protection. They all ran to her and she protected them, and Hawk flew away disappointed.
From that time until today, hens get frightened and hide their children any time they see Hawk nearby. Hawk, on the other hand, is still angry and she looks for Hen’s children to kill. She said she will never stop until she gets her razor-blade back. Hen still looks for her razor-blade everywhere and that is why hens are always seen scratching here and there looking for Hawk’s razor-blade. They wonder whether they will ever restore peace with Hawk and her family.
Questions
a)Identify and illustrate the main occupation of the characters in this narrative.
b)Explain the meaning of the following proverb as used in the passage.
“A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
c)How did Hen hide her children from the Hawk?
d)Identify and explain the characteristics of narrative evident in this story.
e)What incidences forced Hawk to break her friendship with Hen?
f)Identify at least two character traits of Hawk that are evident from this story.
g)Why do you think the words Hawk and Hen start with capital letters?
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October 17, 2019
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Re-arrange the following sentences to make a short story.
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Re-arrange the following sentences to make a short story.
a) The bird, highly flattered, opened her mouth to sing.
b) One day a crow spied a piece of cheese on a window sill.
c) The cheese fell and was soon eaten by the crafty animal.
d) She picked it up and flew to a neighboring tree.
e) A cunning fox approached and praised her voice.
Date posted:
October 14, 2019
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Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow.
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Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow.
Moving to a new country can be exciting, even exhilarating experience. In a new environment, you somehow feel more alive: seeing new sights, eating new food, hearing the foreign sounds of a new language, and feeling a different climate against your skin stimulate your senses as never before. Soon, however, this sensory bombardment becomes sensory overload. Suddenly, new experiences seem stressful rather than stimulating, and delight turns into discomfort. This is the phenomenon known as culture shock. Culture shock is more than jet lag or homesickness, and it affects nearly everyone who enters a new culture – tourists, business travelers, diplomats and students alike. Although not everyone experiences culture shock in exactly the same way, many experts agree that it has roughly five stages.
In the first stage, you are excited by your new environment. You experience some simple difficulties such as trying to use the telephone or public transportation, but you consider these small challenges that you can
quickly overcome. Your feelings about the new culture are positive, so you are eager to make contact with people and to try new foods.
Sooner or later, differences in behavior and customs become more noticeable to you. This is the second stage of culture shock. Because you do not know the social customs of the new culture, you may find it difficult to make friends. For instance, you do not understand how to make “small talk,” so they overhear a conversation. You understand all the words, but you do not understand the meaning. Why is everyone laughing? Are they laughing at you or at some joke that you did not understand?
Also, you aren’t always sure how to act while shopping. Is this store self-service or should you wait for a clerk to assist you? If you buy a sweater the wrong size, can you exchange it? These are not minor challenges; they are major frustrations.
In the third stage you no longer have positive feelings about the new culture. You feel that you have made a mistake in coming here. Making friends hasn’t been easy, so you begin to feel lonely and isolated. Now you want to be with familiar people and eat similar food. You begin to spend most your free time with students from your home country, and you eat in restaurants that serve your native food. In fact, food becomes an obsession, and you spend a lot of time planning, shopping for, and cooking food from home.
You know that you are in the fourth stage of culture shock when you have negative feelings about almost everything. In this stage you actively reject the new culture. You become critical, suspicious, and irritable. You believe that people are unfriendly, that your landlord is trying to cheat you, that your teachers do not like you, and that the food is making you sick. In fact, you may actually develop stomachaches, headaches, sleeplessness, lethargy, or other physical symptoms.
Finally, you reach the fifth stage. As your language skills improve, you begin to have some success in meeting people and in negotiating situations. You are able to exchange the sweater that was too small, and you can successfully chat about the weather with a stranger on the bus. Your self-confidence grows. After realizing that you cannot change your surroundings, you begin to accept the differences and tolerate them. For instance the food will never be as tasty as the food in your home country, but you are now able to eat and sometimes even enjoy many dishes. You may not like the way some people in your host country dress or behave in public, but you do not regard their clothes and behavior as wrong – just different. In conclusion, nearly everyone moving to a new country feels some decree of culture shock.
Symptoms may vary, and not all people experience all five stages. Newcomers with a strong support group may feel at home immediately in the new culture, while others take months to feel comfortable. Staying in touch with friends and family, keeping a positive attitude, and above all, learning the language as soon as possible is ways to overcome the difficulties and frustrations of adapting to life in a new land.
From: Writing Academic English, Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, Pearson Education, Longman (2006)
(a) According to the passage, what is the meaning of culture shock?
(b) Identify any three factors that can cause culture shock?
(c) What evidence does the author give to show "you understand all the words, but you do not understand the meaning"?
(d) Give any three features that characterize a person in the worst state of culture shock.
(e) In note form, give the difficulties experienced in the second stage of culture shock
(f) Why is making friends helpful in overcoming culture shock?
(g) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
i. Alive –
ii. Obsession –
iii. Negotiation –
(h) Staying in touch with friends and family, keeping a positive attitude, and, above all, learning the language as soon as possible are ways to overcome the difficulties and frustrations of adapting to life in a new land.
(Rewrite the sentence above without changing the meaning. Begin: You.....)
Date posted:
October 14, 2019
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Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follow.
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Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follow.
The Ndebele tell their children that long ago, there were three friends: the beautiful leopard, the jackal and the hyena. They went everywhere together. Whenever Leopard killed an animal, he would always leave part of it for his friends so that they could have a good feed too.
One day it happened that leopard was ill, and so he could not hunt. "Jackal," he said, "please catch some food for us, for I am not well."
But lazy Jackal said, "No, I am too weary. Ask Hyena."
So Leopard said, "Hyena, please hunt for us today, for I am not well enough to do so.”
But Hyena, too, made an excuse: "No, I have a sore foot."
So leopard roared in anger. "I thought you were my friends, but you are a no-good, lazy pair. Never again will I leave you meat when I make my kill. From this day on, I will make sure of it. I shall take what is left and hang it in a tree, when I have eaten all I want. Then neither of you will be able to get at it."
Leopard was true to his word – for since that day he has never left any meat for his selfish friends. Up into a tree it goes, high out of reach of jackals and hyenas. They have become scavengers now instead, and they eat the scraps that other animals leave behind. It was a sad day for them when they lost Leopard’s friendship.
(when Hippo was Hairy and Other Tales from Africa, Letterworth Press, 1990)
a) Giving a reason for your answer, say what kind of narrative this is.
b) What character can you give the leopard?
c) Identify the features of oral narratives that have been used in this story.
d) What lessons do we learn from this story?
e) What function is played by an opening formula and a closing formula in an oral narrative?
Date posted:
October 14, 2019
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Read the comprehension below and answer the questions that follow.
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Read the comprehension below and answer the questions that follow.
Prof Atieno Ndede-Amadi the head of the university’s school of Business at Technical University of Kenya (TUK) and associate professor of information systems and accounting, has embarked on a crusade to convince her peers of the need to introduce information systems (IS) analysis as a complete academic programme. She believes that the course would benefit young people interested in IT, as well as local enterprises that have had to rely on expatriates with the skill.
Prof Atieno’s concern arises from her own study. She established that despite a high demand for information system analysts there weren’t many Kenyans specially trained for the job.
As such, companies were hiring outsiders as local universities continued to concentrate on broad range computer science and programming courses, and failing to give much thought to IS analysis.
Information system analysts are trained to evaluate and develop technology systems to help business to run optimally. They identify user and consumer needs and translate them into technology solutions. Despite this critical function, there aren’t many people called IS analysts in the local market, and that’s because the universities here have not been keen to train in this specialization.
“A wide systems analysis skills gap exists in the country due to the absence of strong information system academic programs in local universities.” Prof Atieno states in her study report which is titled,” Information Systems Education in Kenya: Students Specialization Choice trends.” The work has been published in the International Journal of Education and Development using Information and communication Technology (IJEDICT). The study found that of all the 32 public universities and university colleges studied, none offered an information systems or management information systems degree. Only two degrees came close with four institutions offering a Bachelor of Technology (Business Information Technology) degree in varying combinations, and one university offering a Bachelor in Business Information and Management.
Prof Atieno says that if both students and university heads fully appreciated the value of information systems analysis, they would be more focused on it as an area of study. She actually established in her study that the supply gap of people with the skill is largely a result of ignorance. Globally, a majority of IS programs within universities are located in business schools, and they have names such an information systems, management information systems, computer information systems, business information systems, or business information technology. An IS degree programme combines business and computing topics, with the emphasis on technical and organizational issues varying from one programme to another, and also from one academic institution to the next. Generally, it bridges business and computer science, using the theoretical foundations of information and computation to study various business models and related algorithmic process within the computer science discipline.
According to Prof Atieno, organizations cannot effectively and efficiently do business without solid IS setups for connecting systems within as well as with its supply chain stake holders, such as vendors and distributors. Yet, many students aren’t aware of the possibility of a career in this field. In fact, the study found that only 11% of those interviewed knew about IS analysis as a possible area of specialization. “An Information system as an academic discipline seems to be largely unknown to high school students in Kenya, making it impossible for them to select it as an area of specialization in their university education,” it states. The net effect is that the level of IS education in the country has suffered, resulting in a deficiency in systems analysis and related skills.
1. What campaigns has Prof Atieno Amadi involved herself in according to paragraph one.
2. Mention the consequence Kenyans face as a result of lack of personnel in Information Systems Analysis.
3. Explain the irony evident in the passage.
4. Enumerate the functions of an Information System analyst.
5. In your own words write the message in this passage.
6. What do you think is shocking about the findings of this study.
7. What is the tone of the passage?
8. i) A wide system analysis skills gap exists in the country due to the absence of strong information systems.
Begin: As a result
ii) There weren’t many Kenyans specially trained for the job (add a question tag)
9. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage
i. Globally
ii. Specialization.
iii. Supply chain stake holders
iv. Algorithmic processes
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October 14, 2019
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
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Population in most cities increasing at a very high rate. The high population...
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
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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.
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k)Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.
i) Offensive odour
ii)Disposed off
iii)Decompose
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October 10, 2019
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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...
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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
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E
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October 9, 2019
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The table below shows the concentration of sodium and iodine ions in pond water and in the cell sap
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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
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(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
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Arrange the adjective in the sentences below in their correct order.
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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.
Date posted:
October 9, 2019
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