2009 MYE English Comprehension Answers
Passage A
1a) Greed and negligence
1b) "Downplays"
2) The two brothers were accused of diluting the milk that they brought from local farmers and adding melamine to hide the dilution.
3)
They are struggling to survive as the market has dried up. [1]
They are unable to sell their surplus milk and hence throwing them away. [1]
They are selling their cows at very cheap rates. [1]
They are making huge losses and are considering slaughtering the cows to cut their losses.
4) The demand for milk was way beyond what they could supply in the market.
5) The Chinese consumers have los faith in the safety of the country's food or the competence of its regulators.
Passage B
6) Little Dipper was normally full of energy / a livewire whose tail never stopped wagging.
7) "previously fit" or "previously fit young terrier"
8a) His condition had worsened to the point where he had no appetite and had stomach upset. [ must include both points - "would not eat" and "abdominal discomfort" to get 1 mark ]
8b) "certainly odd"
9) The symptoms had persisted for over a month. If Dipper had eaten something poisonous, he should either recovered or be dead by then.
10) Dipper family was repairing a miler's cottage and Dippe was able to get hold of all kinds of new and old building materials.
11) Other poisons at much more quickly while lead poisoning is slow. [ Both points must be included to get 1 mark. ]
12) Dogs are at risk of lead poisnin because they like the taste and will lick or even swallow the object in question.
13
a) climb - increase / go up
b) excessively - profusely / alot
c) forlornly - lonely and unhappily / sadly
d) recurrent - happening / ocuring / repeatedly / frequently / happening more than once
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