GOZO COLLEGE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION Steve Jobs: the world pays tribute

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1 GOZO COLLEGE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION Form 3 ENGLISH LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION Teacher s Paper Steve Jobs: the world pays tribute Time: 15 mins Track 3 It s a dark day in Silicon Valley, said Matt Drance, an old Apple employee. He was talking about the death of Steve Jobs, who started the company Apple Inc. He died at 56 from cancer. In Beijing, people went to the Apple Store with flowers and candles. They also wrote messages: You have made our lives better. Thank you for changing the world, said one message in English. It seemed that everyone had been touched by his work. Messages came from everywhere. President Obama said he changed the way each of us sees the world. For many businesses computing, film, music, mobile telephones and, most recently, mobile computing Steve Jobs changed everything. Again and again, he refused to do what everyone else said and introduced his own ideas instead. In 1979, three years after starting Apple with Steve Wozniak, Jobs visited Xerox s Palo Alto Research Center in California. He saw a system that used windows and a mouse. It wasn t complete, he said. It wasn t exactly right. But within ten minutes, it was clear that every computer in the world would work this way someday. Jobs developed computers that used the new windowing system. Jobs wanted it to be simple to use. Computers, he thought, were just too complicated. Using window systems was much easier. Microsoft agreed. Bill Gates used the windows idea and created Windows, which was more popular than Apple s products and became the most widely used desktop computer system in the world. Jobs was kicked out of Apple in 1985 and, during the next 12 years, Microsoft took over personal computing. All the computers used windows. Jobs had been right. When he returned to Apple, Jobs quickly took over. It was then that he started looking at the music business. The ipod changed everything, because it is tiny, quick and easy to use. Then Jobs wanted to sell digital music digitally. Apple wanted to sell one million songs in the first year. When the itunes Music Store opened in 2003, it sold the first million songs in a week. Within a year, it had sold nearly 100 million songs and the ipod had 70% of the music player market. The iphone was the result of a two-and-a-half year project to use touch screens with computers. In mid-2011, Apple became the world s biggest mobile phone maker. Apple introduced the ipad in January 2010: a computer you could carry, and control by touch, with a ten-hour battery life, that used apps. Apple sold tens of millions of them. All the devices had one important thing in common: people loved them. Now, the questions are about Apple and its future. Can it be as creative without Steve Jobs?

2 GOZO COLLEGE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION Form 3 ENGLISH LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION Track 3 Time: 15 mins A. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the article? 1. Steve Jobs started the company Microsoft. 2. People around the word have left messages saying how he changed their lives. 3. Jobs believed that the windows system was the future of personal computing. 4. Steve Jobs started the company on his own. 5. Jobs left Apple but returned again after 12 years. 6. People started using itunes in the 1990s. 7. itunes was a big success. 8. The ipod, iphone and ipad are very successful because they are easy to use and people love them. 4 marks [ ] B. Fill in with the missing date or number. 1. Steve died at from cancer. 2. Jobs was kicked out of Apple in. 3. When the itunes Music Store opened in, it sold the first songs in a week. 4. In mid-, Apple became the world s biggest mobile phone maker. 5. Apple introduced the ipad in. 6. The iphone was the result of a year project 7. The ipad is a computer you could carry, and control by touch, with a -hour battery life. 4 marks [ ].C. Choose the correct answer. 1. Steve Jobs contributed to the business of a) computing only. b) computing, film, music, mobile telephones and, most recently, mobile computing. c) mobile telephones only. 2. Apple became the biggest a) computer maker. b) windows system maker. c) mobile phone maker. 2 marks [ ]

3 GOZO COLLEGE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION Form 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE Track 3 Time: 2hrs NAME: CLASS: Oral Assessment Listening Comprehension Written Paper Total A. Put the words in brackets in the correct form. The first one (0) has been done for you. (10 marks) A school bus (0. run) ran off City Road in Suva yesterday, and narrowly (1. miss) an electricity pole, before it (2. come) to rest in a garden. There (3. be) more than 30 children on the bus which (4. travel) to Martyr School. The bus (5. cover) half of its daily journey by the time the accident (6. take) place. All the children escaped serious injury. I (7. look) out of the window when all of a sudden we crashed! says 10- year-old Lila. I m sure Jacob our driver didn t do it on purpose though. He (8. drive) us to school every morning and he is a very diligent driver, she added. 65-year-old bus driver, Jacob Fournier, (9. work) as the local school bus driver for the last 22 years and authorities (10. inform) us that his position is not under threat. B. Make changes to the following words so that the sentences make sense. (5 marks) Example: 0. The chair was so (comfort) uncomfortable that it hurt my back. 1. It was (possible) to stop the fire. They had arrived too late. 2. Jenna is so (help). She is always there for me when I need her. 3. Jake and Andrew look so much alike that few people can spot the (different). 4. The mother was overcome by (sad) as she found out the horrible news. 5. The film was so (excitement) that we were sitting on the edge of our seats!

4 C. Insert the correct preposition in the blanks. (5 marks) Example: 0. My father has always been very interested in golf. 1. Jeremy looks like a tough guy but few people know he s afraid the dark. 2. Poor Amy! She is crazy Kevin but he doesn t even know she exists! 3. Mark is always getting good grades. His parents are very proud him. 4. I m very keen soccer. I never miss one single match! 5. We were so happy Martha when she won a scholarship to Scotland. COMPREHENSION Read the following article carefully then answer all the questions. Coca-Cola secret recipe revealed? It s the real thing, says radio host Ed Pilkington in New York 16 February, 2011 For almost 125 years, the recipe for Coca-Cola has been a secret and this has been a very successful marketing strategy for the company. According to the story, the fizzy drink s famous 7X flavourings have remained unchanged since they were first blended in Today, only two Coke executives know the recipe, neither of whom can travel on the same plane in case the secret dies with them. Now, one of America s most famous radio broadcasters says he has discovered the Coke secret. Ira Glass, presenter of the programme This American Life, says he has found a copy of the recipe. The original is still supposedly kept in a bank in Atlanta, in a burglar-proof room. The formula was created by John Pemberton, an Atlanta chemist who made cough medicines and other drinks in his spare time. In 1887, he sold the recipe to a businessman who immediately placed it in the Atlanta bank for safekeeping. Glass came across a recipe that he believes is the secret formula in a back issue of Pemberton s local paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, while he was researching an entirely different story. On an inside page of the 8 February 1979 edition, he found an article that claimed to have discovered the secret 7X formula. The article was based on information found in an old notebook that belonged to Pemberton s best friend, RR Evans. Glass was intrigued and, after some investigation, found that the notebook had been passed from generation to generation until it reached a chemist in Georgia called Everett Beal, whose widow still has it. The rediscovered recipe includes the following ingredients: extract of coca leaves, caffeine, plenty of sugar, lime juice, vanilla and caramel. The all-important 7X flavourings are added

5 into that syrup: alcohol and six oils orange, lemon, nutmeg, coriander, neroli and cinnamon. The formula is very similar to the recipe worked out by Mark Pendergrast who wrote a history of Coca-Cola in Coke s secret recipe is actually partly a myth. The recipe has, in fact, changed substantially over time. Cocaine, a legal drug in Pemberton s time, was removed from the drink in Extract of coca leaves is still used but only after the cocaine has been removed. In 1980, the company largely replaced sugar with a cheaper sweetener that is often found in American food and drink. Passionate Coke fans were not impressed by this change. Despite these controversies, one element has remained constant over time: Coke s commitment to keeping its own secret. People have been talking about the secret recipe for more than a century and this has been good for business. The company has reacted to the This American Life story in a way that has been typical of its commercial strategy since the 19th century. Many people have tried to discover our secret formula but they ve been unsuccessful, Coca-Cola s Kerry Tressler said. Guardian News & Media 2011 A. Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. 4 marks [ ] flavouring sweetener fizzy myth ingredient recipe caffeine intrigued 1. A is a set of instructions for preparing a particular type of food or drink. 2. drinks contain bubbles of gas. 3. A is something added to a food or drink to give it a particular taste. 4. If you feel, you are very interested in something and want to know more about it. 5.An is one of the substances that are combined to make something, especially food or drink. 6. is a substance in coffee and tea that makes you feel awake. 7. A is something that people wrongly believe to be true. 8. A is a substance added to food or drink instead of sugar.

6 B. Answer the following questions. 6 marks [ ] 1. How many flavourings are added to make Coca-Cola? 2. When was Coca-Cola first made? 3. Where is the original recipe for Coca-Cola supposedly kept? 4. Who first created Coca-Cola? 5. When was cocaine removed from Coca-Cola? 6. When was sugar removed from the drink? C. Are these statements true (T) or false (F) according to the information in the article? 3 marks [ ] 1. The ingredients of Coca-Cola haven t changed since Coca-Cola has never contained cocaine. 3. Ira Glass was researching a story about Coca-Cola when he found the recipe. 4. According to the story, only two Coca-Cola executives know the secret recipe. 5. The two Coca-Cola executives are not allowed to travel together on the same plane. 6. Passionate Coke fans prefer sweetener to sugar. D. Find the following words or phrases in the text. 4 marks [ ] 1. to mix different ingredients together 2. protected from theft 3. find by chance 4. an old copy of a magazine or newspaper 5. completely or in every way 6. by a large amount or degree 7. a disagreement about a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about 8. a promise or a determination to do something

7 E. Complete the phrases from the text using prepositions. 3 marks [ ] 1. according 4. from generation generation 2. based 5. similar 3. belong 6. replace LITERATURE Answer all questions in Sections A, B and C. 20 marks ( ) A. Unseen Text 6 marks ( ) My Brother I am in bed, Nobody to talk to. The bed next to me is naked Nobody is in it Now he s dead. Only five he was, Just a baby. Whilst I write in my note book, The wind howls Now he s dead. When he was a child I thought nothing of him, But now he s dead I weep for him. The pillow soaking wet with my tears I turned it over. Sad that I am, I will forget him. Why couldn t I die instead of him? I turned on the radio to harden my heart, But his favourite tune is on. I will never forget him He s dead now. Philip Campbell 1. How old was the poet s brother when he died? 2. Was the speaker close to his brother when he was still alive? How do you know?

8 3. Find one example of personification from the poem. 4. Howls is an example of. 5. How is the poet feeling? 6. What does the following phrase mean? The bed next to me is naked B. Poetry 7 marks ( ) 1. Which poem did you enjoy reading in class this year? a. Title: 1 mark [ ] b. Poet: 1 mark [ ] 2. How does this poem make you feel? How does the poet bring out these feelings effectively? 5 marks [ ] C. Prose 7 marks ( ) 1. Write the name of a book you read this year and its author. a. Title: 1 mark [ ] b. Author: 1 mark [ ] 2. Write about a character you really like and say why you like him or her. 5 marks [ ] COMPOSITION Write a composition of about 250 words on ONE of the following. 1. My favourite food. 2. Write a short story entitled: The mysterious SMS I received on my mobile phone. 3. Write an to your friends inviting them to a birthday party you are organising. Give them all the necessary details.