English Paper 2 Questions and Answers - KCSE 2021 Westlands Mock Exams

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  1. COMPREHENSION (20 MARKS )
    Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

    ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE.
    People who suffer from acquired heart diseases are usually born with normal hearts but contract the disease later on in life. Different heart diseases are brought about by various factors. For example, rheumatic heart disease is caused by a form of virus infection which may start with a sore throat. This is caused by rheumatic fever which affects many parts of the body such as the joints, skin, brain and the heart.
    The most serious and long lasting effects are those of the heart, especially the heart valves, which becomes damaged. The valves may either become narrow preventing the free forward flow of blood or they may leak, throwing the circulation in disarray and inflaming all the three layers of the heart namely, ‘Pericardium’, ‘Myocardium’ and ‘Endocardium’. The blood valves usually get damaged causing the heart to be inefficient in pumping blood all over the body. This results in heart failure.
    Some of the symptoms associated with this disease are swelling of the joints, pain and fever. In most cases, the symptoms disappear on their own but the toxins still remain in the blood and once they reach the heart, it becomes infected with the disease. The disease is referred to as the poor man’s disease because it normally occurs in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions. It also occurs where there is poor nutrition and inadequate health facilities. It may be cured through operation depending on the seriousness of the disease.
    Another type of the acquired heart disease is the coronary heart disease. This disease causes the narrowing and roughening of the arteries which supply blood to the heart. Lack of enough blood and oxygen causes the heart tissues to die thereby causing a heart attack which is fatal. Cholesterol deposits coat the inside lining of the arteries thereby causingthem to narrow. This emanates from eating foods like red and fatty meat, eggs and sugar. This disease may on the other hand be hereditary. Doing physical activities helps to reduce the amount of cholesterol in the blood by burning up much of the fat thereby, leaving less coating on the arteries.
    This disease can be treated either through the use of drugs or through vein grafting where the blocked part of the artery is by-passed. In severe cases, heart-transplant maybe required. In other cases, treatment maybe through either a closed or open heart surgery.
    Although cholesterol in the blood is bad for the heart, only when very large quantities are taken is there an increase in blood cholesterol levels. Therefore, eating a few eggs a week or an occasional meal of meat would do no harm. You should think of the amount of fat that your food contains. A low-fat diet will provide you with the necessary calories that the body needs. Eating fatty foods will certainly contribute to your adding on weight which is unhealthy.
    Hypertension is another type of acquired heart disease. The disease is normally associated with the socio-economic problems. Victims of hypertension are usually those people who are continually anxious, tense, depressed and worried. The higher the levels of table-salt taken, the higher the risk of getting hypertension. So, consumption of table-salt should be regulated to bare minimum. Genetic factors may also contribute to the contraction of hypertension.People from a particular family may seem to be more prone to the disease than those from another family. Treatment of the disease may be through drugs but counselling in some cases may also help.
    (Adapted from the Daily Nation)

    Questions
    1. What effect does the rheumatic fever have on the heart valves (2 Marks)
    2. Why is rheumatic fever called a ‘poor man’s disease’? (2 Marks)
    3. In a coronary heart disease, why do the heart tissues die? (2 Marks)
    4. Why does the author say that hypertension maybe hereditary and may also be caused by environmental factors. Support your answer. (3 Marks)
    5. In notes form, state what one needs to do to avoid being a victim of heart attack (4 Marks)
    6. What is the other word for hypertension? (1 Mark)
    7. What are the symptoms associated with rheumatic heart disease. (2 Marks)
    8. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage. (4Marks)
      1. disarray
      2. toxins
      3. emanate
      4. genetic factors

  2. EXCERPT (25 MARKS)
    Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow.

    Nora: Tell me what purpose you mean to put it to.
    Krogstad : I shall only preserve it – to keep it in my possession . No one who is not concerned in the matter shall have the slightest hint of it. So that if the thought of it has driven you to any desperate resolution -
    Nora: It has.
    Krogstad: If you had it in your mind to run away from your home -
    Nora: I had.
    Krogstad: Or even something worse -
    Nora: How could you know that?
    Krogstad: Give up the idea.
    Nora: How did you know I had thought of that?
    Krogstad: Most of us think of that at first. I did , too- but I hadn’t the courage.
    Nora: (faintly)No more had I.
    Krogstad: ( in a tone of relief) No, that’s it, isn’t it -you hadn’t the courage either?
    Nora: No I haven’t - I haven’t.
    Krogstad: Besides, it would have been a great piece of folly. Once the first storm at home is over -.
    I have a letter for your husband in my pocket.
    Nora : Telling him everything?
    Krogstad : In as lenient a manner as I possibly could.
    Nora : ( Quickly) He mustn’t get the letter. Tear it up.
    I will find some means of getting money.
    Krogstad: Excuse me, Mrs. Helmer , but I think I told you just now -
    Nora: I am not speaking of what I owe you. Tell me what sum you are asking my husband for, and I will get the money.
    Krogstad: I am not asking your husband for a penny.
    Nora: What do you want, then?

    QUESTIONS.
    1. What events lead to this excerpt? (3 Marks)
    2. ‘I am not speaking of what I owe you.’’ What is Nora referring to? (2 Marks)
    3. ‘’Give up the idea. ‘’What is Krogstad referring to? (2 Marks)
    4. ‘’Most of us think of that at first. I did,too - but I hadn’t the courage.’’ Basing your answer from elsewhere in the text, compare Nora and Krogstad’s experiences with regard to the above statement. (2 Marks)
    5. Describe the character of Nora and Krogstad as brought out in the extract.
      Nora (2 Marks)
      Krogstad (2 Marks)
    6. Comment on two issues brought out in the excerpt. (4 Marks)
    7. Identify one aspect of style used in the excerpt. (2 Marks)
    8. What happens immediately after this excerpt. (3 Marks)
    9. Give up the idea. (Add a question tag.) (1 Mark)
    10. What is the prevailing mood in this excerpt? (2 Marks)
    11. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt. (2Marks)
      1. Lenient………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
      2. A great piece of folly………………………………………………………………………………………….
  3. ORAL POEM (20 MARKS)

    Read the following oral poem and answer the questions that follow:
    Don’t cry baby
    Sleep little baby
    Father will nurse you
    Sleep baby sleep
    Little bird flitting away to the forest so fast
    Tell me, little bird, have you seen her
    Have you seen my crying baby’s mother?

    She went to the river at early dew
    A pot upon her head
    But down the water floats her pot
    And the path from the river is empty

    Shall I take him under the palm?
    Where the green shade rests at noon?
    Oh no, no
    For the thorns will prick my baby
    Shall I take him under the giant baobab
    Where the silk cotton plays with the wing?

    Oh no,no
    For the termite – eaten bough will break
    And crush my little baby
    My little sleeping baby
    The day is long and the sun grows hot
    So, sleep my little baby ,sleep
    For mother is gone to a far,far land- Alas!
    She is gone beyond the river.

    QUESTIONS.
    1. Classify the above oral poem. (2 Marks)
    2. State and illustrate two features of the above oral poem. (4 Marks)
    3. Identify and illustrate the two speakers in the oral poem. (2 Marks)
    4. Why is the singer hesitant to take the baby under the shade? (1Mark)
    5. Briefly explain two functions of this song? (2marks)
    6. What is the general mood created in stanza three? ( 2 Marks)
    7. What is the singer’s attitude towards the baby? (2 Marks)
    8. Identify and illustrate any two characteristics of oral poem evident in the above poem. (4 Marks)
    9. ‘’ She is gone beyond the river. ‘’ Explain the meaning of this line. (1 Mark)
  4. GRAMMAR (15MARKS)
    1. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. (4 Marks)
      1. The woman left the child with a neighbour and went to the market. ( Begin : Leaving...)
      2. The teacher forgave Mary but only because she apologized. (Begin: If…)
      3. He is our brother. (Rewrite using a double possessive)
      4. Let’s go to the field. ( Supply the correct question tag)
    2. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct prepositions in the sentences below. (3 Marks)
      1. The students are notorious…………………making noise.
      2. The new manager was not acquainted……………..the problems of the company.
      3. Jane has a taste……………..glamorous clothes.
    3. Choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank spaces. (3 Marks)
      1. John is taller than……………………….(them/they)
      2. Asha and ………………(she/her) represented the school in the Hockey tournament.
      3. The secret between you and…………….(I/me) must be kept.
    4. Give two possible meanings of the following sentence. (1 Mark)
      Call me Ruth.
    5. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces. (2 Marks)
      1. Malaika is quite…………………………………………….of the screaming of her children so she discourages it. ( tolerate)
      2. The politician tried to ……………………………….the rowdy crowd but failed. (peace)
    6. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences below. (1 Mark)
      1. Teaching …………………………..is not an easy job for teacher trainees. ( Practice/Practise)

 

Marking Scheme

  1.      
    1. It may narrow the heart valves (1 Mark) or damage and weaken (1 Mark) them thereby causing them to leak.
    2.  It usually occurs where there is poor nutrition, poor health facilities, overcrowding and where living conditions are unhygienic (2 Marks)
    3. The arteries become rough and narrow thereby supplying little blood and oxygen to the heart. This kills heart tissues.
    4. victims of the disease may get it from what they eat (1 Mark) or the effects of their social experiences (1 Mark) or it may be passed from one’s parents before birth (1 Mark)
    5. Take care of what one eats e.g. eat a diet low in fat and low in table salt
      • avoid over-crowded and unhygienic place
      • do regular exercises
      • avoid situations that will give you tension, worry or depression
        NB Answer must be in notes form, if not, deduct 50% N
    6. high blood pressure
    7.    swelling of joints
      1. pain
      2. fever
    8.  
      1. confusion/ disorganization
      2. poisonous substances
      3. originates
      4. things to do with heredity and genes

  2. QUESTIONS.
    1. What events lead to this excerpt? (3 Marks)
      • Krogstad visits Nora and tells her that her secret can remain a secret between the three of them. To which Nora says her husband must never get to know anything about it. Krogstad asks her how she would be able to prevent it or if she can pay the balance owing. She responds by saying not at present because she has no expedient to make use of Krogstad then tells her it would have been of no use even if she had so much money in her hand, he would never part with the bond.
    2. “ I am not speaking of what I owe you.” What is Nora referring to? ( 2 Marks)
      • Nora had procured a loan through Krogstad to cater for Helmer’s treatment in the south of 250 pounds.
    3. ‘’Give up the idea. ‘’What is Krogstad referring to? (2 Marks)
      • Krogstad is referring to Nora doing something worse that is committing suicide as a desperate resolution to the secret being revealed.
    4. ‘’Most of us think of that at first. I did,too - but I hadn’t the courage.’’ Basing your answer from elsewhere in the text, compare Nora and Krogstad’s experiences with regard to the above statement. (2 Marks)
      • Krogstad had committed an indiscretion and had thought of committing suicide and running away just like Nora who had committed a forgery and had also thought of doing so.
    5. Describe the character of Nora and Krogstad as brought out in the extract. (4 Marks)
      • Nora - Secretive She doesn’t want Torvald to know about the letter . ‘’He meant get the letter. Tear it up!’’
      • Anxious/fearful
      • Krogstad- Manipulative/Perceptive/Discerning - Asks Nora if she had wanted to run away or do something worse.
      • ‘’ If you had your mind to run away….
      • ‘’Or to do something worse…’’
    6. Comment on two issues brought out in the excerpt. (4 Marks)
      • Blackmail – Nora is wondering why Krogstad wants to keep the bond and also doesn’t want to ask for any money.
      • Fear – Nora is apprehensive about Helmer knowing about the letter.
    7. Identify one aspect of style used in the excerpt. (2 Marks)
      • Letter motif – letter contains the information about Nora’s forgery.
      • Dramatic pauses - ……something worse- it shows that Krogstad’s character of being perceptive.
      • Idiomatic expression – Storm over…. It shows the magnitude of the conflict.
    8. What happens immediately after this excerpt. (2 Marks)
      • Krogstad says he wants to rehabilitate himself and Helmer should help him. He wants to get his job back at a higher position and that Helmer must make a place for him to which Nora responds saying Helmer will never do that.
    9. Give up the idea. (Add a question tag.) (1 Mark)
      • Give up the idea , will you?
    10. What is the prevailing mood in this excerpt? (2 Marks)
      • Anxious – She answers faintly ‘’ No more had I
    11. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the excerpt.(2 Marks)
      • Lenient…………easy/soft
      • A great piece of folly……………..lack of good sense/ prudence/ foolishness
  3. ORAL POEM (20 MARKS)
    QUESTIONS.
    1. Classify the above oral poem. (2 Marks)
      • A Lullaby song.
    2. State and illustrate two features of the above oral poem. (4 Marks)
      • Short lines
      • Repetitive.
    3. Identify and illustrate the two speakers in the oral poem. (2 Marks)
      • The father, the dove.
    4. Why is the singer hesitant to take the baby under the shade? (1Mark)
      • He thinks that the thorns will prick the baby.
    5. Briefly explain two functions of this song? (2marks)
      • To soothe the baby.
      • To calm the crying baby .
      • To inform the baby the whereabouts of the mother.
    6. What is the general mood created in stanza three? ( 2 Marks)
      • Sad/Sombre/Melancholic
    7. What is the singer’s attitude towards the baby? (2 Marks)
      • Loving/Caring.
    8. Identify and illustrate any two characteristics of oral poems evident in the above poem. (4 Marks)
      • Rhetorical questions
      • Direct address
      • Repetition
      • Call and response
    9. ‘’ She is gone beyond the river. ‘’ Explain the meaning of this line. (1 Mark)
      • The mother is dead.
  4. GRAMMAR (15MARKS)
    1. Rewrite the following sentences according the instructions given. (4 Marks)
      1. The woman left the child with a neighbour and went to the market. ( Begin : Leaving...)
        • Leaving the child with a neighbour, the woman went to the market.
      2. The teacher forgave Mary but only because she apologized. (Begin: If…)
        • If Mary had not apologized, the teacher would not have forgiven her.
      3. He is our brother. (Rewrite using a double possessive)
        • He is a brother of ours.
      4. Let’s go to the field. ( Supply the correct question tag)
        • Let’s go the field, shall we?
    2. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct prepositions in the sentences below. (3 Marks)
      1. The students are notorious in/for making noise.
      2. The new manager was not acquainted with the problems of the company.
      3. Jane has a taste in glamorous clothes.
    3. Choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank spaces. (3 Marks)
      1. John is taller than they (them/they)
      2. Asha and she (she/her) represented the school in the Hockey tournament.
      3. The secret between you and me (I/me) must be kept.
    4. Give two possible meanings of the following sentence. (1 Mark)
      1. Call me Ruth.
        • Refer to me as Ruth
        • Call for me someone by the name Ruth.
    5. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces. (2 Marks)
      • Malaika is quite intolerant of the screaming of her children so she discourages it.( tolerate)
      • The politician tried to pacify the rowdy crowd but failed. (peace)
    6. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences below. (1 Mark)
      • Teaching practice is not an easy job for teacher trainees. ( Practice/Practise) 
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