English Maranda End Term 2 Form 1
Q 1 Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. (20MKS)
You may think that expecting food to change your life is too much to ask. But have you
considered that eating the right food at the right time will increase your energy, help you manage weight and ward off major illness?
Researchers have found that eating a meal with plenty of protein leaves you feeling more satisfied for longer when compared to a meal loaded with low-quality carbohydrates. Your body takes longer to digest protein, leading to a gradual increase in blood sugar. The high-protein breakfast will therefore carry you through the morning and, more importantly, through your tea break. Many high carbohydrate meals are absorbed quickly and send blood sugar on a roller coaster ride, taking your appetite with it depleting your energy.
Many foods contain antioxidants, but fruits and vegetables may be the richest source. Behaving like chemical warriors, antioxidants neutralize N molecules known as free radicals before they damage arteries and body cells. This protects you from heart diseases, high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes. You can now see why antioxidants foods should be consumed in generous portions
Actually, forget pills-antioxidants work best when consumed in foods. In fact, nutritionists recommend that we eat five portions of fruits and vegetables a day. Its less daunting than it sounds: a portion equals a piece of fruit, there tablespoons of cooked vegetables or a glass of fresh juice.
And do you desire to relieve yourself of some baggage? Calcium is the latest weight loss star to appear on the scene. Scientists stumbled on its magic by accident. From a study that measured the blood pressure of obese people, it was discovered that those who took one large tub of yoghurt a day in their diet lost an average of eleven pounds of body fat in one year, even though they did not eat less.
A follow -up study found that people on a high -calcium diet lost more weight and fat than did people on low calcium diet-and a gain, both consumed the same number of calories. Researchers believe calcium encourages fat cells to stop “getting fatter”. Instead, the cells bum extra fat without you having to go anywhere near a gymnasium.
It probably sounds strange to say that you can eat more in order to lose weight. Obviously, the question you should ask immediately is, “Eat more of what? We are talking about foods rich in fibre. They have what is referred to as low-energy density; that translates to few calories relative to weight. This means that you can down a mountain without fear of calorie overload Fibre also aids weight loss because its filling. Most high -fibre foods take a lot of chewing, triggering your body’s fullness sensors. Moreover, you absorb the food more slowly so you feel full longer.
Will the wonders of food ever cease? Not ifresearchers in nutrition keep up their pace. Let them keep the good news flowing-such as the fact that we don’t have to starve ourselves to lose weight and keep diseases at a bay
QUESTIONS
- From information given in the first paragraph, how can you improve your life? (2mks)
- Make notes on the effects of eating carbohydrates. (4mks)
- Explain how free radicals contribute to the occurrence of high blood pressure and cancer. (3mks)
- According to the passage, how can one use excess fat? (2mks)
- In what two forms can antioxidants be consumed? (2mks)
- Calcium is the latest weight loss star to appear on the scene. (supply question tag) (2mks)
- According to the passage, how does fibre foods help in weight loss. (2rnks)
- Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the passage. (3rnks)
- Daunting
- Baggage
- Down a mountain
Q2. Read the Oral narrative below and answer the questions that below. (25 mks)
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL
A long time ago, there was a very beautiful girl called Seera, in one of the places in Bucluda. This girl was extremely beautiful. One day, she went with other five girls from the same place to go and dance a traditional dance called Inernba. When they reached there, they found a shell which had been left there by the tortoise. Then Seera told her counterparts that she wants to put on that shell. She then picked the shell and put it on. However, when she wanted to remove it, the shell could not go off. So, Seera remained like a tortoise. The girl danced to the end. And after the dance, the other five girls v,’ere picked by the boys as wives and were taken away. Seem remained at that place in form of a tortoise. Later, when Mwambu passed by from the farm, he said what he took to be a tortoise, and picked it while saying ‘I have found my tortoise.’ He carried it home without knowing that he was carrying a very beautiful girl. In the morning, Mwambu left home and went away. When he had gone away, Seera removed the tortoise shell and began to do work. She swept the house and washed al the utensils. When Mwambu returned home in the evening, he was very much surprised to see the house the way it was. The next day, he again went away and Seera did what she had done the previous day. So, Mwan1l:: decided to hide himself and see who exactly was doing the work at his home. So, on the third day, Mwambu pretended to be going away. When he reached somewhere on the way, he returned home secretly and hid himself in the kraal. And as he watched, Seera removed the tortoise sheU. Mwambu saw her as a very beautiful girl. He said to himself I thought I was carrying a tortoise yet I was carrying a very beautiful girl.’ As he -watched, Seera went to the grannery for millet.
She immediately began grinding the millet while singing:
ls·e. ·M-11ambu antsangala bulayi
bwoosi buuli mushikhutu Jse,
A1wambu antsangala bu!ayi
bwoosi buuli mushilchutu
(As for me, Mwambu collected me,
I had been ignored but the full beauty is in the tortoise
As for me, Mwambu collected me,
I had been ignored but the full beauty is in the tmioise.)
Without the shell, Mwambu realised that what he took home was not a tortoise but a very beautiful girl. Then he went secretly without the knowledge of Seera and picked the to1ioise shell. He set it on fire and was burnt to ashes. After burning it, he said to Seera that ‘I thought I had carried a tortoise yet I carried you, a very beautiful girl.’ From today onwards, you are my wife. And they lived happily ever after.
Questions
- What kind of a narrative is this? (2mks)
- Identify two instances of repetition in the passage (2mks)
- What are the character traits of? (4mks)
- Mwambu
- Seera
- Give two functions of the song. (2mks)
- Show instances of irony in the passage (2mks)
- What are the economic activities of this community? (2rnks)
- Which devices have been used to start and end this story? What are their functions? (4mks)
- With one proverb, summarize the teaching or moral lesson in the story. (2mks)
- What makes oral literature important? (5mks)
3.POETRY
My Eye’s Pupil
You are my eye’s pupil;
Many wish you were theirs,
But you are mine.
They desire to drive you in their fancy cars; They wish they have you,
To walk you on their mowed lawns,
But you are mine,
To carry you on my bare back,
As we herd my father’s goats.
They desire to have you, but you are mine.
Questions
- Who is the persona in the poem above? (2mks)
- What is the poem about? (3mks)
- Identify and illustrate one main idea in the poem above. (3mks)
- Identify and illustrate one (1) economic activity from the community where the poem is derived from. (2mks)
- Identify and illustrate three (3) styles in the poem above (6mks)
- Supply a suitable question tag for the sentence below:
You are my eye’s pupil,.
- Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the poem (3mks)
- Fancy
- Mowed
Bare
4.GRAMMAR (15 Marks)
- Use the words given in brackets, in their appropriate form, to complete the given sentences.
- The children played _________ during the party. (merry)
- I am _____________ aware of the case. (full)
- Do not just sit there______, help her. (idle)
- Complete the following sentences using appropriate conjunctions. (2mks)
- She was in great pain ________ did not complain.
- Some people leap before they look ______ they live to regret it
- Arrange the adjectives given in brackets in the correct order in the spaces provided. Supply “a” or “an” where necessary.
- She was wearing (Japanese, silk, green)
- I have just read___________ novel. (new, exciting, Caribbean)
- His car was ________________model. (French, reliable, twenty-year old)
- Rewrite the following sentence as instructed. Do not change the meaning. (lMk)
She was given oranges, grapes and an avocado when she was admitted to hospital. She disliked fruits. (Begin: Although …)
- Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition. ________________________________ scientific investigations, HIV/ AIDS is mainly transmitted_______ unprotected sex__________ infected people.
6.Punctuate the following sentence correctly.
can you tell me asked sibi how many syllables are in the word keep
7.From the list below, choose the word that is correctly spelt.
Arguement, Priviledge, Mischievous, Definition, Lightening ( of thunderstorm)