SECTION A : GRAMMAR (10 marks)

I- Miss Liza is undergoing a job interview, complete the dialogue between her interviewer Mr Todd. (5 marks)

Mr Todd: Hello, miss Liza, welcome to our company.

Miss Liza: Thanks Mr Todd, I---------------------------------------------------------very happy I was shortlisted.

Mr Todd: How did you hear about the position? 

Miss Liza: I bought a copy of Cameroon Tribune last week and saw the advert for the job vacancy in this company.

Mr Todd: So what do you know about our company? 

Miss Liza: I am told to provide the-----------------------------------------------network service in the country. Everyone is satisfied with your services. 

Mr Todd: You are a hardworking girl----------------------------------------------------------------------------------?

Miss Liza: Yes, presently work eight hours a day.

Mr Todd: But why do you want to leave your present job? 

Miss Liza: The working conditions and the wages are not as good as what your company is offering. 

Mr Todd: Oh I see. We are going to study your life. If we need more information about you, we----------------------------------------------------------------------your referees.

Miss Liza: Thank you Sir, looking forward------------------------------------------------------working with you. 

II- Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb in brackets. (5 marks)

By 2025, i----------------------------------------------------------work for more than a decade in this company. (to work)

--------------------------------------------------is an indoor sport and recreational activity that is good for our health. (to dance)

Too much time----------------------------------------------on social media these days by family members to the detriment of family reunion. (to spend)

In democratic countries, journalists usually find out how elections-------------------------------------------so as to correct the system. (to rig)

Many young people prefer -------------------------------------------television to reading their books despite its negative effect on their academic performance. (to watch)

SECTION B : VOCABULARY (10 marks)

I- Complete the text below with appropriate words chosen from those in the box to make the text meaningful. There are more words than you will need. Use each word only once. (5 marks)

Test, women, confinement, service, girl, treatment, wearing, observed

Many people are dying from the world’s most dangerous pandemic that started in 2019 in China. Reports on Civid-19 infections from the various diagnostic and--------------------------------------------centres in Cameroon show a disturbing increase of the pandemic throughout the entire nation. 

The head of these centres say if barrier measures are not ----------------------------------------this number will double in the next few weeks.There are many cases of Covid-19 that have been admitted in all the isolation centres. Some mild cases are on home-------------------------------------------. Of these positive cases, we have many pregnant ---------------------------------------------------and health personnel. The population is encouraged to respect measures like the--------------------------------------------------of masks and frequent hand-washing. They are also encouraged to take either Synopham , Astra-zeneka, or the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccinations.

II-Complete the sentences below with appropriate words of your choice to make them meaningful. (5 marks)

Viruses, bacteria and fungi are tinny organisms called -----------------------------------------------------------

Although you don’t get a salary when working as a------------------------------------------------------it helps you to network in your community and to increase your years of experience.

Internet service providers offer their customers with mobile internet-------------------------------------which enable them, have access to internet when and wherever they want to. 

Cybercriminals sometimes -----------------------------------------------into people’s phones to steal money and information. 

In Cameroon our cultural diversity causes many people to be---------------------------------------------because they speak the two official languages and many other local languages. 

SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION (10 marks)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Write in your own words as far as possible.

Each piece of clothing sold as a care label, which lists recommended cleaning methods for the clothing. For a sweater, the instructions might tell you to wash using the washing machine and then dry at low temperature. They might also advise you to simply wash the sweater using your hands in cold water and lay the sweater flat to dry. “Dry Clean Only”. 

Why is it necessary to put care instructions on label? The same cleaning method would not work for all materials. For example, a shirt made from 100 percent cotton may need to be ironed after washing, but a shirt made from cotton and polyester blend may come out of the dryer wrinkled free. A wool jacket often needs to be dry cleaned because wool can shrink when washed in water. 

The tendency to wrinkle when washed is the property of cotton. The tendency not wrinkle is the property of polyester. The tendency to shrink when washed is a property of wool. Cotton, wool, and polyester have different properties because they have different compositions. The word “composition” means putting together or the combining of parts into whole. Materials can be divided into pure substances and mixtures based on their composition. 

Matter that always has exactly the same composition is classified as a pure substance, or simply a substance. Table salt and table sugar are classified under pure substances because they have exactly the same composition since every sample of a given substance has the same properties because a substance has a fixed, uniform composition. The substances are further classified under two categories-elements and compounds. 

Although there are millions of known substances, there are only 100 elements. An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler pieces because it contains only one type of atom. At room temperature, some elements are solids, gases or liquids. Examples of elements are: aluminium, cabon, oxygen, nitrogen, bromine and mercury. 

Water is composed of the elements: hydrogen and oxygen. When electricity passes through water, bubbles of oxygen and hydrogen gas form and rise to the surface of the water. If the gases are collected intonancontainer and a flame is brought near the mixture, the hydrogen and oxygen react and form water. 

Water is classified as a compound because it is a substance made from two or more simpler substances and can be broken down into those simpler substances at either elemnts or other compounds. A compound always contains two or more elements joined in a fixed proportion. 

The properties of a compound differ from those of the substances from which it is made. For example, oxygen and hydrogen are gases at room temperature but water is liquid. Hydrogen can fuel a fire, and oxygen can keep a fire burning, but water does not burn or help other substances to burn. Water is one of the substances commonly used to put out fire. What a paradox…

QUESTIONS.

What are the three different cleaning methods often attached to the label of clothing? (1,5 mark)

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Are these labels necessary? Justify with one reason.        (1,5 mark)

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Explain why salt and sugar are classified under pure substances?    (2 marks)

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What reaction takes place when electricity is passed through water? (1 mark)

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Which of these substances is not an element? Tick the correct answer.(1 mark)

Water,  b) hydrogen,  c) iron,  d) aluminium. 

Identify the two main differences between a compound and a substance. (2 marks)

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What do you think will happen to fire made in a room without a substance?  (2 marks)

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SECTION D: COMPPOSITION WRITING (10 marks)

Write a composition of between 250-300 words on any ONE of the topics below.

There is a lack of recreational facilities in your community and youths are getting bored with their daily routine. As their leader, you decide to raise funds in order to construct a leisure centre. Write a speech to be presented on the occasion of the fundraising ceremony. In your speech, you may:

Say why a leisure centre is important to the youths of your community,

Specify the various activities that will take at the leisure centre,

Promise to make good use of the money to be received as well as the leisure centre itself. 

Your name is Nande and your village is Bafounda.

Imagine you are a health expert in your community. A student comes to you to get information about a health problem or disease. Write an essay in which you discus on the following:

Identify the disease and its symptoms,

The causes,

The different means of transmission,

The prevention measures,

Give one piece of advice on how to treat this health problem or disease.

Farmers of your village are facing difficulties in carrying out their activities on a daily basis. The seasons keep on changing. The rainy season during which planting is done is getting shorter and shorter, leaving the soil as dry as during the dry season. Write an article entitled: “climate change challenges”, in the local farmers’ magazine in your village to sensitise them on the causes, the consequences of these changes in seasons, and advise them on what to do to reduce the effects of the present situation. Your name is Nname.