SECTION B
51. Study the notice below and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.
UGANDA COMMERCIAL BANK
NOTICE
The public is hereby notified that the following notes have been stolen.
BR548596
AS 917555
BZ 365851
BD 622333
FU 305107
These notes are no longer valid. Anyone found using them will be arrested.
The police is requested to assist.
MANAGEMENT
15th October, 1998.
a) Whom is this notice addressed to?
b) What is the notice about?
c) When was the notice written?
d) What does "no longer valid: mean?
e) Who will be arrested?
f) What is the Police requested to do?
g) How many notes begin with B?
h) How many times does figure 5 appear?
i) How many figures does each note have?
j) Who wrote this notice?
52. The sun rises from the east and sets in the west. In the graph below, the line shows the lengths of the shade of a tree at different hours of the day.
Study the graph carefully and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.
TABLE
a) At what time of the day is the whole shade at the foot of the tree?
b) At what time of the evening does the tree have the longest shade of all?
c) How long is the shade at 9.am?
d) In which direction is the shade from the tree in the afternoon hours?
e) How long is the shade at 4.pm?
f) At what time of the morning is the shade 50 meters long?
g) What happens to the shade from morning to noon?
h) At what time of the day is the shade 10 meters long?
i) What happens to the shade from noon to evening?
j) When does the tree have no shade at all?
53. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.
According to a Greek story teller, a boy called Magnets was a shepherd who used to look after his father's flock. He carried a spear which he used as a support when he was climbing up steep hills. He also used it for driving the sheep in the direction he wanted them to go.
One day, as he stood watching his flock, he rested the tip of his spear on a piece of rock. But when he tried to lift the spear again, he found to his great surprise that the iron tip of the spear had got stuck on the rock. He managed to pull the spear, but he realized that from the rock there was a mysterious force which attracted iron objects. As time went on other people also found pieces of this type of rock which attracted iron objects. But because Magnets was the first to discover the powerful rock, such pieces of rock were called magnets.
Another second Greek story was that magnets got their name from a Greek district called Magnesia where piece of the rock which attracted iron were supposed to have been first discovered.
The third story is that of the Chinese. The Chinese said that a great king Hoangti not only discovered magnetic rock but also invented the first magnetic compass. Although this is a Legend, we do know that thousand s of years ago Chinese travelers made use of magnetized needles as compasses in order to find their way through the vast Chinese Empire.
It was recently, only 600 years ago, that men in Europe made effective use of the magnetic needle compass for their sea voyages. This led to the discovery of America by Columbus. The Dutch, Portuguese and English made voyages to Africa, India, Indonesia and Australia. Indeed, this simple magnetic needle proved to be very useful in discovering parts of the world.
a) What was Magnets' occupation?
b) Why did the spear get stuck on the rock?
c) Mention one way in which Magnets used his spear.
d) According to the second story, how did magnets get their name?
e) What does the story of the Chinese say about the magnetic rock?
f) In which way did the Chinese travelers use the magnetized needles?
g) What achievements did Columbus make through the use of the magnetic needle compass?
h) Explain the meaning of each of the following words in the passage:
(i) Mysterious
(ii) Legend
i) Suggest a suitable title for this passage.
54. The pictures A-F tell a story.
Study them and write one sentence to describe what is happening in each picture.
You can use the following words to help you:-
Going sitting
Holding pointing
Running walking
Surprised climbing
Carrying
a) Picture A: ...............................................................................................
b) Picture B: ................................................................................................
c) Picture C: .................................................................................................
d) Picture D: ...............................................................................................
e) Picture E: .................................................................................................
f) Picture F: ..................................................................................................
g) Where do you think the girls have put the axe and the panga in picture C?
h) Why do you think the girls are doing what you see in picture F?
i) Suggest how the girls managed to remove the firewood in pictures E?
j) Suggest a suitable title for this story.
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55. Re-write the following sentences in correct order so as to get a good composition out of them.
1. Last year he grew fifty acres of rice and ten acres of vegetables.
2. He also uses a large number of workers to help him.
3. They are able to earn some money for sending their children to school.
4. However, to be able to grow crops in large quantities, he uses a tractor.
5. Like Kintu therefore, people with much money should use it to develop the country.
6. Kintu is a well-known farmer in our village.
7. Ouma is one of those who works on Kintu's farm.
8. This provides employment for these people.
9. He saves most of his salary for the education of his children.
10. He mainly grows rice and vegetables in large quantities.