EFAL GR 9 PAPER 1 MEMO 2011

QUESTION 1 – COMPREHENSION

1.1 D At designated taxi ranks (1)

1.2 C It tries to make fun of minibus taxi transport (1)

1.3 Stand on the side of the road with your index finger in the air. (1)

1.4 The highly powered Traffic Department motorcycle (1)

1.5 The will just drive on. (1)

1.6 Brake without warning

Drive at 160 km/h (1)

1.7 A race to win (1)

1.8 It is customary to tip the driver between 10 and 15 per cent of all traffic fines accumulated on the journey, along with a couple of rand for the actual journey. (1)

1.9 It will brake without warning (1)

1.10 They brake without warning, they speed (2)

1.11 No. Enjoy the view of your destination whizzing by at 160 km/h in the opposite direction.

1.13 A race (1)

1.14 Main problem writer wants to address: (1)

1.15 Several minibus taxis will brake without warning (1)

1.16 No (Give a reason why you don’t want to ride in the taxi or why you would want to) (2)

1.17 People sitting in the driver’s lap. According to industry regulations taxi’s are obliged to brake (1)

1.18 He will not be able to steer properly (2)

1.19 Opinion (1)

1.20 No/Yes (Give a reason for answer. (Is it fair that passengers should help taxi drivers pay for fines?} (2)

1.21 Assonance (1)

1.22 Writer’s attitude towards minibus taxi’s: They are dangerous. (1)

1.23 No. They will think you want them to lower the volume of the sound system. (2) 1.24 C (2) QUESTION 2 – SUMMARY

THREE STAGES

1. Laughing in a strange way and hallucinating,

2. Go crazy, arms swinging violently.

3. He slumped into his seat – passed out.

Reasons to sniff butane gas

1. Escape desperate lives

2. It is cheap

3. It’s a good trip – it’s fun and it makes you laugh

4. It’s available everywhere and not illegal

5. You do it because your friends do it

6. It is most difficult to detect if you used it. (5) QUESTION 3 – ADVERTISEMENT

3.1 Protect your dog from fleas for up to four weeks

It ie easy to apply (2)

3.2 To show you that your dog would like you to use this product. (1)

3.3 Pooch (1)

3.4 D (1)

3.5 Supermarkets nationwide (1)

QUESTION 4 –

4.1 The raising of the petrol price (1)

4.2 It seems as if the petrol pump is trying to rob the customer (2)

4.3 The fact that the high petrol prices is like robbery (2)

4.4 Setting the petrol price so high is just like robbing the people. (2)

4.5 The petrol prices rise regularly. (1)

QUESTION 5

5.1.1 visited (1)

5.1.2 went (1)

5.2 Islands (1)

5.3 was (1)

Us (1)