Dear Mum and Dad, How are you? I am exhausted! I have just trekked all the way to the Everest base camp. It took ffteen days. !rst "#$ I flew on a small plane from %athmandu to &ukla. I met other trekkers and "'$ we all walked to(ether. )e had porters who carred our backpacks because they were so heavy and "*$ they cooked for us. )e had a +epalese (ude who showed us the way. )e slept n tents. It was very cold sleepn( n ",$
them. Every mornn( we woke up at - a.m. .fter breakfast at / a.m. we started trekkn(. )e stopped for a lunch break at ## a.m. )e trekked n the afternoon untl * p.m. 0he scenery was stunning. It1s the best vew I have ever seen. )hen we reached the Everest base camp, t was ama2n( lookn( up at Everest. )ow! I felt on top of the world. I had alttude sickness because we were so h(h. I couldn1t (et enou(h o3y(en. 4ut I dd (et to 5,*6m whch s even h(her than Mt. %nabalu. 0he cooks dd a (ood job and I had a chance to taste the local 7dhal baht1 whch s a lentl soup eaten wth rce. "5$ It was not bad, but I do mss your mee (oren(, Mum. )hat an e3perence! 8ff to E(ypt ne3t. Hope you are both well. &ove Hanf
Look at the words which are numbered in the passage. hat do the! mean" rite the answer. #. I '. we *. they ,. them 5. It #$ marks% &nder'ine the correct answer. -. (exhausted) means a$ very hun(ry b$ very tred c$ very thrsty d$ very an(ry /. (backpacks) means a$ shoes b$ tents c$ ba(s d$ shrts 9. (stunning) means a$ beautful b$ terrble c$ u(ly d$ nosy :. (reached) means a$ away from b$ above c$ below d$ (ot to #6. (sickness) means a$ tredness b$ sadness c$ happness d$ llness #$ marks% Answer the *uestions in a sentence. ##. )here dd the trekkers sleep ? #'. )hat tme dd they wake up ? #*. )hat tme dd they stop trekkn( ? #,. How dd he feel lookn( up at Everest ? #5. )ho carred ther backpacks for them ? #$ marks% 2 SECTION + Read the announcements and ,i'' in the spaces in the tab'e. Malaysan .rlnes !l(ht *** to %uchn( leaves at #,;'6. <4. !l(ht number *-5 to =urabaya leaves at #5;66. Malaysan .rlnes fl(ht number '-# to =n(apore leaves at #*;65. <4. fl(ht number /*' to Duba leaves at #6;#6. Malaysan .rlnes fl(ht number ,*# to =urabaya leaves at :;*6. <4. fl(ht number '/# to =n(apore leaves at ##;*6. 0ha .rlnes fl(ht number /:' to 4an(kok leaves at #9;*6. <4. fl(ht number 6:' to %ota %nabalu leaves at #/;#6. Malaysan .rlnes 56' to Mr leaves at #5;*6. <4. fl(ht number ::: to 4alkpapan leaves at #';'6. Air'ine -'ight Number .estination Time Malaysan *** %uchn( #,;'6 <4. /0111111111111 =urabaya #5;66 Malaysan '-# /21111111111111 #*;65 <4. /*' Duba /31111111111111 Malaysan /4111111111111 =urabaya :;*6 561111111111111 '/# =n(apore ##;*6 0ha /:' 5/1111111111111 #9;*6 <4. 551111111111111 %ota %nabalu #/;#6 571111111111111 56' Mr #5;*6 <4. 581111111111111 4alkpapan 5$111111111111 #/6 marks% SECTION C Read the con9ersation and then ,i'' in the b'anks. 3 +oramdah telephones the travel a(ent to arran(e a holday. Lim >ood mornn(. My name s &m, can I help you? Noramidah >ood 50 ????????????????, my name s +oramdah. I want to (o on holday n +ovember but I don1t know where to (o. Lim Do you want to (o to a hot or cool country? Noramidah I thnk I want to (o to a hot 52 ????????????????? . Lim .nd what knd of holday do you want, a rela3n( holday or an actve 53 ?????????????????? Noramidah Lim Noramidah @mAA. I want to rela3 a lttle and have some actvty. Do you lke beaches? 8h yes, I love 54 ????????????? Lim 8%. )ell, I su((est you (o to .ustrala. Noramidah )hy do you su((est 76 ??????????????????????? Lim )ell, +orthern .ustrala s hot and you can dve on the >reat 4arrer <eef, treck n the desert and rela3 on the beach. Noramidah I would love to (ot to the >reat 4arrer <eef but I don1t know how to 7/ ???????????? . Lim )ell, you can learn to dve on your holday. Noramidah 8% .ustrala sounds wonderful. Lim )hen n +ovember would you lke to (o? Noramidah 8n the 75 ??????????? of +ovember. Lim 0he #- th of +ovember s fne. Bou can fly from 4rune to Darwn on that day. )hen would you lke to return? Noramidah I need to 77 1????????????? on the *6 th of +ovember. Lim 0here s no return fl(ht on the *6 th so you wll need to return on the ': th . Noramidah 8% 0hat1s fne. )hat are the fl(ht tmes? Lim 0he fl(ht to Darwn leaves 4=4 at two o1clock. Noramidah &et me wrte that down. 0o Darwn at 78 ?????????? o1clock. Lim 0he fl(ht from Darwn leaves at 7$ ????????? o1clock. Noramidah !rom Darwn at nne o1clock. 0hank you for your help I1ll come to the offce tomorrow. Lim I1ll see you tomorrow. >oodbye. #/6 marks% 4 SECTION . Look at the pairs o, sentences be'ow. Choose one o, the ,i9e words to :oin the sentences. rite the new; 'ong sentence. but and because so a'though e.g. I went to Mount %nabalu. I was too tred too clmb. I went to Mount %nabalu but I was too tred too clmb. *-. I lke traveln( by boat. I don1t lke (on( by bus. */. .l doesn1t enjoy walkn( n the jun(le. He1s scared of snakes. *9. =he felt very hot. =he went for a swm. *:. .t 0urtle Island we watched the turtles layn( e((s. )e put one n the sea. ,6. 0he chldren played badmnton. It was rann(. #$ marks% 5 Read the passage and then ,i'' in each b'ank with one word. .a! 5 < Cairo I had a wonderful day today. I 8/ ??????????on an or(ansed tour from the hotel. I left the hotel at 9.*6 a.m. 85 11111111a half day tour of the Cyramds of >2a. )e went to >2a 87 111111111 bus. 0he Cyramds 88 1111111 fantastc! 8ur (ude, 8la, told 8$ ?????????? that the lar(est pyramd s 80 11111111 Cyramd of Dheops. It s #*/m h(h. 82 11111111 smallest pyramd s called Mykernus. 83 ?????????? s --m h(h. It certanly ddn1t look small. )e rode on camels 84 111111 the nearby =phn3. However, my camel $6 11111111 to race the other camels and ran off very Euckly. I was $/ ?????????? scared. 0he =phn3 s enormous! 8la told us that no one really knows $5 ?????????? t was bult. .fter lunch 8la took us to the E(yptan museum to see the famous %n( 0utankhamun collecton. He was a %n( n E(ypt thousands $7 ?????????? years $8 ?????????? . )e saw $$ 11111111111 pure (old coffn where %n( 0utankhamun1s body was found. 8la told me that the (old coffn we(hed ##6k(. I also $0 ?????????? %n( 0utankhamun1s (old mask. It s the $2 ?????????? beautful mask I $3 111111111ever seen. 0he collecton was enormous! I wsh I $4 11111111 (o back and see t 06 ?????????? a(an. #/6 marks% End o, =aper 5 were us to by a(o It the wanted very could saw 0he for why all most the have of went 6