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For each of <strong>the</strong> questions, rewrite <strong>the</strong> given sentence(s) using <strong>the</strong> word(s)<br />

provided. Your answer must be in one sentence. The meaning of your sentence<br />

must be <strong>the</strong> same as <strong>the</strong> meaning of <strong>the</strong> given sentence(s).<br />

45. Jane has big eyes. Her bro<strong>the</strong>r has big eyes.<br />

Both __________________________________________________<br />

______________________________________________________<br />

46. Henry made a mistake. Henry did not apologize.<br />

_______________________________________________but<br />

______________________________________________________<br />

47. He could not find <strong>the</strong> answer to <strong>the</strong> question. He tried very hard.<br />

Although ______________________________________________<br />

______________________________________________________<br />

Section J: Comprehension Open-ended (5 x 2 marks)<br />

Read <strong>the</strong> following passage carefully and answer <strong>the</strong> questions that follow.<br />

It is a curious and prevalent opinion that literature, like all art, is a<br />

mere play of imagination, pleasing enough, like a new novel, but <strong>with</strong>out any<br />

serious or practical importance. Nothing could be fur<strong>the</strong>r from <strong>the</strong> truth.<br />

Literature preserves <strong>the</strong> ideals of a people; and ideals--love, faith, duty,<br />

friendship, freedom, reverence--are <strong>the</strong> part of human life most worthy of<br />

preservation.<br />

The Greeks were a marvellous people; yet of all <strong>the</strong>ir mighty work we<br />

cherish only a few ideals,--<strong>the</strong> ideal of beauty in perishable stone, and <strong>the</strong><br />

ideal of truth in imperishable prose and poetry. It was simply <strong>the</strong> ideals of<br />

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