Study the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.Back at home Aoro was climbing walls with fear and worry. His sisters with the death like slumber of the young had managed to sleep throughout the whole commotion. At dawn he decided enough was enough so he went to their room and shook them awake.“What is it, you ugly boy?” asked Becky sweetly.Vera looked at him and got out of bed hurriedly. “What is it?” she asked alarmed.
“Tony is sick. He was rushed to hospital at night and they haven’t come back.”He could not add the unspeakable-the fear that his brother was dying or dead. “Why didn’t you wake us you idiot?”asked Vera annoyed that such a thing could happen without her knowing it; so she took it out on her brother.Becky continued to lie in bed. Few things bored her as much as sickness, suffering and death. She simply could not identify with them. At sixteen she was a breath taking beauty and had a horde of admirers and aspiring boyfriends none of whom she had yet shown an interest in.She did not believe in wasting time . Besides her sister was always with her and she knew her parents would not take kindly to such goings on. She stretched luxuriously in bed, enjoying the feel of her young lithe body. Aoro, tired of being called names retired back to his room. Vera looked questioningly at her sister, then went to the kitchen to make breakfast. She was beginning to have her doubts about the young lady. At around eight in the morning their weary parents trooped in .Nobody dared ask the question, but their round fearful eyes were eloquent enough. “He had an operation. He is going to be all right. We can all go and see him at lunch time today.” Their sigh of relief was heartfelt and unanimous.
(a) Place the extract in its appropriate context (4marks)
(b) How does Tony’s suffering help Aoro later?(3marks) (c) Contrast the character of Becky and Vera as brought out in the excerpt (4marks) (d) Identify and illustrate an instance of figurative language in the passage (2marks) (e) Vera looked questioningly at her sister, then went to the kitchen to make breakfast (1mark) Rewrite to begin: Looking………………………………… (f) Comment on the dominant theme in the passage above (2marks) (g) From without the excerpt show how Becky’s beauty works for and against her. (6marks) (h) What can we infer about Becky’s parents from this extract? (2marks) (i) Explain the meaning of the following as used in the passage. (a)Their round fearful eyes were eloquent enough. ( 1mark)
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Read the passage below and answer the following questions.Ferdinand and Isabella, informed of the return and discoveries of their admiral, awaited him at Barcelona with honor and munificence worthy of the greatness of his services. The nobility came from all the provinces to meet him. He made a triumphal entry as a prince of future kingdoms.The Indians brought over as a living proof of the existence of new races in these newly-discovered lands, marched at the head of the procession, their bodies painted with diverse colors,and adorned with golden necklaces and pearls. The animals and birds, the unknown plants, and the precious stones collected on these shores, were exhibited in golden basins, carried on the heads of Moorish or Negro slaves.
The eager crowd pressed close upon them, and wondrous tales were circulated about the officers and companions of Columbus. The admiral himself, mounted on a richly caparisoned charger presented by the king, next appeared, accompanied by a numerous cavalcade of courtiers and gentlemen. All eyes were directed toward the man inspired of heaven, who first had dared lift the veil of ocean. People sought in his face for a sign of his mission and thought they could discern one. The beauty of his features, the majesty of his countenance, the vigour of eternal youth joined to the dignity of age the combination of thought with action, of strength with experience, a thorough appreciation of his worth combined with piety, made Columbus then appear (as those relate who saw him enter Barcelona) like a prophet, or a hero of holy writ or Grecian story. “None could compare with him,” they say; “all felt him to be the greatest or most fortunate of men.” Ferdinand and Isabella received him on their throne, shaded from the sun by a golden canopy. They rose up before him, as tough he had been an inspired messenger. They then made him sit on a level with themselves, and listened to the circumstantial account of his voyage. At the end of his recital, which habitual eloquence had coloured with his exuberant imagination, the king and queen, moved to tears, fell on their knees and repeated the Te Deum, a thanks giving for the greatest conquest the Almighty had yet vouchsafed to sovereigns.
(a) What is name of the admiral awaited by Ferdinand and Isabella? (1mark)
(b) Give illustrations to show that the admiral was accorded an honorable reception. (2marks) (c) Columbus is compared to a prophet in a holy book. Explain the comparison (4marks) (d) What had Columbus discovered? (2marks) (e) Describe the attitude of the crowd towards Columbus (2marks) (f) In about 20 words, write a summary of the evidence brought by Columbus to prove his discovery (4marks) (g) All felt him to be the greatest or most fortunate of men. Rewrite to begin with: There could be no………………………………………………… (1mark) (h) The expression “future kingdoms” suggests a particular tendency of the Barcelonans. Identify and illustrate it. (2marks) (i) Explain the meanings of the following as used in the passage. (i) Lift the veil of ocean .(1mark) (ii) Countenance (1mark)
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate ward.
The mobile phone is steadily 1 ______________ an empowerment tool, revolutionizing the work place 2_________________ contributing to the emergence 3 _______________ a smarter, more efficient work environment, says a new report.
The Vodafone connected worker report released recently notes 4________________ mobile phones can be used to improve and potentially save lives in global supply chains. The recent report says high mobile phone penetration in emerging markets 5________________ as Kenya enables buyers to conduct anonymous text-based surveys quickly and cheaply across their supply chains to gather information 6______________ safely in the work environment. It argues that firms in such regions are increasingly focused on ensuring working conditions and pay in their global supply chains are acceptable by 7________________ mobile solutions to gather anonymous data 8______________ workers. Kenya’s Safaricom, for 9________________ , has offered the M – Pesa payroll service since 2011 for a quick, safe, convenient and affordable way of sending employees’ wages or salaries 10_______________ to their mobile phones via M-Pesa. (10mks) (Extracted from the STANDARD NEWSPAPER, June 5, 2013) Answers
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