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The passage discusses the importance of maintaining good relationships with one's neighbors. It describes how the writer's grandmother emphasized inviting neighbors over for meals and sharing food, as neighbors are the ones who can provide help in times of need. While the writer sometimes found her neighbors too interfering, her grandmother pointed out it was better than living in a big town where neighbors might not help if someone was in danger. The passage stresses being on good terms and sharing with one's neighbors.

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Form 3 Lesson 2

The passage discusses the importance of maintaining good relationships with one's neighbors. It describes how the writer's grandmother emphasized inviting neighbors over for meals and sharing food, as neighbors are the ones who can provide help in times of need. While the writer sometimes found her neighbors too interfering, her grandmother pointed out it was better than living in a big town where neighbors might not help if someone was in danger. The passage stresses being on good terms and sharing with one's neighbors.

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Name: _________________________

Class: _________________________

PBS English Language


FORM 3

Ms Chin Seow Hui

ST UDENT S CO MPANIO N

VOCABULARY ENHANCEMENT
Read the passage below carefully.

At last there is now a special place in Kuala Lumpur where those who are interested in
astronomy can go to. The place? It is none other than the country's one and only National
Planetarium. It is located away in the greener part of the city, at Taman Tasik Perdana. The
Butterfly Park and the Orchid Garden are close by. This means that visitors can easily walk
over and spend some time at these two places as well. The planetarium was officially opened on
February 1994.
The planetarium is situated on a hill overlooking Kuala Lumpur. Visitors to it have to
make their way up a long flight of concrete steps. On reaching the top, you will find stone
chairs and tables where you can rest. Many find these ideal spots for picnics. The vast outdoor
area is clean and well maintained.
Adults have to pay RM 1.00 to enter the Exhibition Hall. Admission for children under12 years is free. There are all kinds of interesting exhibits inside. For example, visitors can
learn about how tides and waves are formed; why eclipses occur and also trace the history of
man's conquest of space. The video wall, with its twelve TV screens which show the Milky Way
and the nine planets, never fails to draw the attention of the visitors, especially the young. Science
fiction movies such as Star Trek are also screened in the Exhibition Hall.
Apart from the Exhibition Hall, another attraction is the Space Theatre. Here slide shows on
the development of space science through the ages are screened. 'From the Stonehenge to the
Satellites' is one such example. In this special theatre, visitors are treated to a journey into space
as they view the shooting stars streaking through the `sky'. The 'sky' is the dome-shaped screen
which is made of aluminum. Visitors have to sit reclined in their seats and look up into the 'sky'
to watch the shows. A ticket to the Planetarium Show is RM 3.00 for adults and RM 2.00 for
children.

Find the words in the puzzle with the help of the clues given. The words are taken from the passage. The first word has been
found for you.
Clues:
A building where lights are shone on the ceiling to represent the planets and the stars and to show how
they appear to move.
The scientific study of the stars, planets and other natural objects in space.
Suitable or handy, easy to get to or at.
When the moon comes between the sun and the earth so that for a short while you cannot see part or
all of the sun, or when the earth comes between the sun and the moon so that for a short time the
earth's shadow covers the moon.
The surface of a television or computer or in the cinema on which pictures or words are shown. A
building with a stage on which plays and other entertainments are performed; also means a cinema. (in
American English)
Togo into a place.
To sit or lie back.

COMPREHENSION EXERCISES
1

A
B
C
D

The sign above informs us that late entries will


be given some consideration
not be given any consideration
be given equal consideration as the rest
not be penalized even though they are late

A
B
C
D

TANGKAK: Heavy floods hit Kampung Manja in Mersing after a ten-hour continuous
heavy downpour. A total of a hundred and thirty-eight people from thirty families were
evacuated by a twelve-man rescue team to nearby shelter areas.
How many families were involved in the evacuation?
Ten
Thirty
Twelve
A hundred and thirty-eight

A
B
C
D

Based on the speech bubbles, what do you think the monkeys are discussing?
Accidents
Shopping
Pollution
Business

A
B
C
D

The notice above encourages people to join


dance classes
art workshops
music sessions
handicraft lessons

A
B
C
D

The Leo Club is a club that is involved with


social matters such as helping the disabled and
visiting old folks' homes. They help organize
activities such as food fairs and jumble sales to
raise money for these unfortunate people.
The Leo Club helps these unfortunate people by
raising money for them
organizing food fairs
having jumble sale
visiting homes

Read the passage and answer the questions which follow.


Good Neighbours

I try to love my neighbour, wailed a friend, but I wish his dog would not howl all night.
I knew what she meant. We had charming neighbours once who would have been so easy to
love if their tom-cat had not kept bounding into our backyard and chasing our chicks.
When we tactfully broached the subject*, they said their cat was just high-spirited and did not
mean any harm. True enough, but our chicks did not understand this....
When one day the tom-cat went offas is the way with tom-catswe were overjoyed, but my
grandmother felt so guilty about being so happy that she baked a specially nice cake and made
me take it across to our neighbours.
However trying your neighbours may be, you must always keep on good terms with them,
Grandma used to say.
They are, in a way, closer to you than your relatives, she said. If you are taken ill suddenly, or spill
boiling water on yourself, or see a face at the window in the middle of the night, it is your neighbours
who will run to your rescue.
It is to them, too, that you turn when a dozen guests descend on you and you find you have run
out of sugar or onions or something.
That is why when you hold any kind of feast, your neighbours must be invited, said Grandma. In
fact, whenever you cook anything special, the neighbours 'within smelling distance' must be sent a
portion.
I must confess I used to wish sometimes we did not have so many neighbours within smelling,
seeing and hearing distance.

It can be quite upsetting to have the whole kampung know that you let your rice burn; that you hit
your brother in the most unlady-like fashion because he read out extracts from your diary and that
your mother told you off for not sweeping behind the doors and under the floor-mats....
Still, as my grandmother pointed out, it was better than living in some of these big towns
she had heard of, where you could die screaming in your bed and your neighbours just pulled their
blankets more snugly around them....
As I was passing Sri Delima
1
A
B
C
D

How did the writer feel when her neighbour's cat was missing?
She was very upset.
She felt very guilty.
She felt quite puzzled.
She was extremely happy.

2
A
B
C
D

The writer's grandmother said they should be on 'good terms' with their neighbours
because....
they lived near the writer
the writer might find them peeping through her window
the writer might get a dozen guests visiting her at any time
they could be relied on for help at any time

3
A
B
C
D

The writer used to feel that her neighbours were....


rather fussy
quite troublesome
very greedy
too interfering

4
A
B
C
D

The word Still in the last paragraph can best be replaced with....
Fortunately
Anyhow
Moreover
Consequently

5
A
B
C
D

According to the writer's grandmother, people who live in big towns are
helpless
la zy
uncaring
deaf

From the passage we can conclude that in order to get along with out neighbours we must be
all the following except....
considerate
thoughtful
not nosey
not have any pets

A
B
C
D

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