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- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Helmer: I have got authority from the retiring manager to undertake the necessary changes in the staff and in the re-arrangement of the work and I must make use of the Christmas week for that, so as to have everything in order for the New Year, Nora. Then that was why this poor Krogstad-
Helmer: Hm!
Nora: (Leans against the back of his chair and strokes his hair) If you hadn’t been so busy I should have asked you a tremendously big favour, Torvald.
Helmer: What is that? Tell me.
Nora: There is no one who has such good taste as you. And I do so want to look nice at the fancy dress ball. Tovarld. Couldn’t you take my hand and decide what I shall go as, and what sort of dress I shall wear?
Helmer: Aha! So my obstinate little woman is obliged to get someone to come to her rescue.
Nora: Yes, Torvald, I can’t get along a bit without your help.
Helmer: Very well. I will think it over; we shall manage to hit upon something
Nora: That is nice of you (goes to the Christmas tree; a short pause) How pretty the red flowers look, but tell me, was it really something very bad that this Krogstad was guilty of?
Helmer: He forged someone’s name. Have you any idea what that means?
Nora: Isn’t it possible that he was driven by necessity?
Helmer: Yes; or, as in so many cases, by imprudence. I am not so heartless as to condemn a man altogether because of a single false step of that kind.
Nora: No, you wouldn’t, would you, Torvald?
Helmer: Many a man has been able to retrieve his character, if he has openly confessed his fault and taken his punishment.
Nora: Punishment -?
Helmer: But Krogstard did nothing of the sort; he got himself out of it by a cunning trick, and that is why he was gone under altogether.
Nora: But do you think it would -?
Helmer: Just think how a guilty man like that has to lie and play the hypocrite with everyone; how he has to wear a mask in the presence of those near dear to him, even before his own wife and children. And about the children ……… that is the most terrible part of it all, Nora.
Nora: How?
Helmer: Because such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of home. Each breath the children take in such a house is full of the germs of evil.
Nora: (coming near him) Are you sure of that?
Helmer: My dear I have often seen it in the course of my life as a lawyer. Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.
Nora: Why do you say ……….. mother?
QUESTIONS
a) Explain the events that lead to this excerpt.
b) In this excerpt, though Helmer and Nora are discussing about Krogstad, they are indirectly referring to Nora’s predicament. Explain.
c) ‘……… so my obstinate little woman is obliged to get someone to her rescue? Explain the ‘rescue’ Nora needs at this point in time.
d) From your knowledge of the text, apart from the fact that Krogstad had forged a signature why else does Helmer detest him
e) Describe any two styles used in this excerpt
f) Give one character trait of Nora from this excerpt.
g) Add a question tag: I can’t get a long a bit without your help
h) The discussion with Helmer leaves Nora terrified. Explain why this
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Differentiate between Shifting cultivation and Plantation farming.(Solved)
Differentiate between Shifting cultivation and Plantation farming.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Name any two diseases that affect coffee.(Solved)
Name any two diseases that affect coffee.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Name districts in Kenya which are major producers of coffee.(Solved)
Name districts in Kenya which are major producers of coffee.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The act of giving and helping people in need is fast dying. Occasionally, we talk about a Good Samaritan having come out of the blue and helped us in our hour of need. It is not clear whether it is because people have become more egocentric or it is because of the diminishing culture of communal living.
If we found someone dying beside the road, we are unlikely to help because we first of all think of how helping them would make us late. We would walk away hoping that the next person will not be as busy as we are, and will therefore rescue the person. Whether it is modern life that has made us busier than before is really debatable.
Have you ever noticed that people are always running around, immersed in deep thought with drooping shoulders and with premature wrinkles etched on their foreheads? The common explanation for this is that we are so busy that we do not have time for ourselves, let alone others.
One writer said that people, who claim to be busy, are not really busy. Being busy he said, was a euphemism for an insatiable craving for money, power, status and overwhelming desire to have more and more material possessions. What this culture of being busy does is that it makes us lose some of the essential human values such as loving others, taking care of the sick and meeting other people’s needs through generosity.
Let us take the example of hunger and starvation. The two kill many people, especially children and the elderly. It is easy to say that hunger and starvation are as a result of a fall in the supply of rain. We can say that this is all an issue of climate. This is true to an extent. When rains fail, people’s crops fail and they lose their sole source of food. For those who depend on livestock, their livestock die or become too famished to fetch enough money in the market to enable them buy food. The spiraling cost of foodstuffs does not lessen the pain and suffering of those faced with starvation.
However, the culture of being good Samaritans need not die. If we stopped being too busy and set aside time for our children, we would have time to watch them grow and understand their value system. We can then inculcate the culture of generosity; starting highlighting small ways in which children can be generous. For example, a child can be encouraged to share food with another who does not have or who has come to school without. They can also be encouraged to donate clothes and shoes to a children’s home. This gesture will go a long way in clothing another less fortunate child. Later in life, they can find bigger ways of reaching out to those in need. Through small ways, we would have taught generosity to our children, created the good Samaritans that we all wish for when in need and ensured the act of giving lives on generations.
QUESTIONS
(a) According to the author, why is the act of giving dying?
(b) What is the main consequence of being too busy?
(c) Why does the writer believe that people die of hunger due to our selfishness?
(d) In what two ways can generosity be inculcated among children?
(e) The writer of passage is a parent; support this
(f) What are the benefits of teaching children to share?
(g) In note form, state the characteristics of busy people
(h) Write an appropriate title for this passage
(i) Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in the passage
i) Out of the blue ………………………………………………………………………………………
ii)Reaching out …………………………………………………………………………………………
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Describe how coffee is handled from planting to marketing.(Solved)
Describe how coffee is handled from planting to marketing.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- What is the Output from Transistor Amplifier?(Solved)
What is the Output from Transistor Amplifier?
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Give reasons why coffee prices in the market have not been stable.(Solved)
Give reasons why coffee prices in the market have not been stable.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Explain the difference in meaning between the sentences that follow.(Solved)
Explain the difference in meaning between the sentences that follow.
i) I bought three pens for thirty shillings.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
ii) I bought three pens at thirty shillings.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Fill in the most suitable preposition.(Solved)
Fill in the most suitable preposition.
i) Jomo Kenyatta was exempted ………………………. doing hard labour during his term in jail.
ii) I shouted atJoseph who was engrossed ……………… watching TV.
iii) They acquainted Phoebe ………………….. French cuisine.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- The table below shows Kenya’s coffee sale (prices) in the World market from 1974 – 1983. Study it and answer the following questions.(Solved)
The table below shows Kenya’s coffee sale (prices) in the World market from 1974 – 1983. Study it and answer the following questions.
(i) Draw a line graph to represent the data.
(ii) What are the advantages of a line graph?
(iii) Explain why there was a sharp increase in coffee prices during 1976/77 period.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Choose the more appropriate pronoun to fill in the blank space.(Solved)
Choose the more appropriate pronoun to fill in the blank space.
(i) I can’t believe that they never found out about Emilly and ……………………...(he, him)
(ii) You can’t do this work without Joel or …………………………..! (them, they)
(iii) ………………………. Kenyans have a dark skin. (us, we)
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Determine the Q point of the transistor circuit shown in Fig. 4.40. Also draw the d.c. load line. Given ß = 200 and VBE =...(Solved)
Determine the Q point of the transistor circuit shown in Fig. 4.40. Also draw the d.c. load line. Given β = 200 and VBE = 0.7V.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- In the circuit diagram shown in Fig. 4.39 (i), if VCC = 12V and RC = 6 kilo-ohms, draw the d.c. load line.(Solved)
In the circuit diagram shown in Fig. 4.39 (i), if VCC = 12V and RC = 6 kilo-ohms, draw the d.c. load line. What will be the Q point if zero signal base current is 20μA and β = 50?
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given without changing its meaning(Solved)
Rewrite the sentence according to the instruction given without changing its meaning
(i) The girl said, "I have done my homework."
Rewrite without using the speech marks(“..”)
(ii) She told him, "Don't drive so fast!"
Write in a reported speech
(iii) I think Muna is funnier than Amos.
End: …Muna.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Use the most suitable form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank space.(Solved)
Use the most suitable form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank space.
(i) My lawn ……………………………………..(cut) once a week.
(ii) We …………………………………………………(ask) by the teacher tomorrow.
(iii) The fire brigade …………………………………………………….(phone) by neighbours soon after fire had broken out.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- For the circuit shown in Fig. 4.38 (i), draw the d.c. load line.(Solved)
For the circuit shown in Fig. 4.38 (i), draw the d.c. load line.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Explain Transistor Load Line Analysis(Solved)
Explain Transistor Load Line Analysis
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- State three problems facing sheep farming in Kenya.(Solved)
State three problems facing sheep farming in Kenya.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Account for the high population of sheep in Australia.(Solved)
Account for the high population of sheep in Australia.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- State five reasons why sheep farming is receiving government support in Kenya.
(Solved)
State five reasons why sheep farming is receiving government support in Kenya.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Give three attributes of Commercial livestock farming.(Solved)
Give three attributes of Commercial livestock farming.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- What has led to the sound economic position of Mwea Irrigation scheme?(Solved)
What has led to the sound economic position of Mwea Irrigation scheme?
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Explain Transistor as an Amplifier in CE Arrangement(Solved)
Explain Transistor as an Amplifier in CE Arrangement
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Outline the steps followed in cultivation of paddy rice in Mwea.(Solved)
Outline the steps followed in cultivation of paddy rice in Mwea.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Explain the factors that have led to the increasing demand for fresh fruits and vegetables in Kenya.(Solved)
Explain the factors that have led to the increasing demand for fresh fruits and vegetables in Kenya.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Which are the Commonly Used Transistor Connection?(Solved)
Which are the Commonly Used Transistor Connection?
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Explain how the following climatic factors influence crop farming in Kenya.(Solved)
Explain how any two climatic factors influence crop farming in Kenya.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- Show the Comparison of Transistor Connections(Solved)
Show the Comparison of Transistor Connections
Date posted: August 15, 2019.
- List five problems facing cotton farmers in Kenya.(Solved)
List five problems facing cotton farmers in Kenya.
Date posted: August 15, 2019.