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English

Paper 2

(Comprehension, Literary Appreciation and Grammar)

Time: 2½ Hours

MOCK EXAMINATION

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Mock Examination

Paper 2

JULY 2024

INSTRUCTIONS.

Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
Answer all the questions in this question paper.
All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
Candidates must answer the questions in English.
This paper consists of 11 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no question is missing.

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Question	Maximum Score	Candidate’s Score
1.	20
2.	25
3.	20
4.	15
Total score 80 Marks

1. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks)

The core element of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a functioning production IT system is an interactive, lifelong process of learning from the human partner and responding to human needs. For example, the AI system must be able to draw up highly complex plans as needed by the customer and to produce them autonomously. A production robot, in particular, is supposed to be designed in such a way that it has nearly human capabilities such as fine motor skills, perception, adaptability and cognition. In order to achieve its full functionality, however, it must be programmed dynamically and rigidly. Modern information technologies and the advent of machines powered by artificial intelligence have already strongly influenced the world of work in the 21st century.

Computers, algorithms and software simplify everyday tasks. When we transfer the experience of the past to the future, disturbing questions arise: what will the future world of work look like and how long will it take to get there? Will the future world of work be a world where humans spend less time earning their livelihood? Alternatively, are mass unemployment, mass poverty and social distortions also a possible scenario for the new world, a world where robots, intelligent systems and algorithms play an increasingly central role? What is already clear and certain is that new technical developments will have a fundamental impact on the global labour market within the next few years, not just on industrial jobs but on the core of human tasks in the service sector that are considered untouchable.

In addition to companies, employees and societies, education systems and legislators are also facing the task of meeting the new challenges resulting from constantly advancing technology. Legislators are already lagging behind and the gap between reality and laws relating to AI is growing. Both blue-collar and white-collar sectors will be affected. The faster the process of the division of labour and the more process steps can be described in detail, the sooner employees can be replaced by intelligent algorithms. One third of current jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree can be performed by machines or intelligent software in the future. Individual jobs will disappear completely, and new types of jobs will come into being.

Robots and intelligent machines can have not only supporting, but even lifesaving functions. Examples are robots used in medical diagnostics, which have high accuracy, or for the assessment of dangerous objects using remote control and integrated camera systems. These make it possible, for example, to defuse a bomb without a human having to come close to it. The ‘Robo Gas Inspector’, an inspection robot equipped with remote gas sensing technology, can inspect technical facilities even in hard-to-reach areas without putting humans at risk, for example, to detect leaks in above-ground and underground gas pipelines.

Owing to the great number of emerging multidisciplinary support alternatives due to AI and machines, the requirements for future employees will change. There will be hardly any need for employees who do simple and/or repetitive work. Already today, the number of factory workers is constantly decreasing, and humans are ever more becoming the control mechanism of the machine. The automotive industry, where many production steps are already fully automated, is the pioneer in this respect.

The lower the demand for workers, the higher will be the companies’ demand for highly qualified employees. According to common belief, better education helps. Better education helps, however, only in certain circumstances. The additional qualification of an individual employee must be connected to the work in question. Additional qualifications as an accountant will be of little benefit for the individual employee, because – over time – there is a 98 per cent probability that the work of an accountant can be done by intelligent software. Creative people who are talented in mathematics and sciences are best qualified for the new labour market.

Although not every future employee will be required to be an IT programmer, they should have a fundamental grasp of analytical and technical matters. Employees should be able to form a unit with supporting machines and algorithms and to navigate the internet comfortably and move safely in social networks. To do this, it is necessary to know how the basic structure works. The employee should also be able to examine machines and artificial intelligence software critically. It is not necessary only to oversee machines, but also to coordinate them. The interfaces between humans and machines and the overlaps in the area of responsibility among the more flexible humans must also be coordinated.

What is the importance of humans to AI systems? (2 marks)

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Using illustrations from the passage, explain why the term artificial intelligence is appropriate.

(2 marks)

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The author seems to have contradictory views about the introduction of Artificial Intelligence in the workplace. Explain. (2 marks)

In your own words and according to the passage, explain why the gap between reality and laws relating to AI is growing. (2 marks)

What two characteristics, according to the passage, must an employee have to survive in the new work environment dominated by AI? (2 marks)

Giving a reason, explain whether machines are superior to humans when it comes to work.

(1 mark)

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Modern information technologies have already strongly influenced the world of work in the 21st century. (Rewrite to add a question tag) (1 mark)

Make notes on the implications of AI in the workplace. (5 marks)
Explain the meanings of the following words as used in the passage. (3 marks)

i. Autonomously

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ii. Untouchable

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iii. Pioneer

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Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow (25 marks)

“Sabah kher,” he began. This was Arabic for hello, but he regretted saying it. What a bad start, he thought. Did it not make him seem to be grovelling before a junior colleague? He tried again. “Ms Mahmood, let’s have a bowl of tomato soup one evening.” This was better, he thought. It was more assertive, more take-charge. “Just you and I, okay?” he added.

She looked up. Her big eyes were shining like light bulbs, perhaps with fire his words had ignited that she was trying to extinguish, or maybe with a flame lit before he came that she was trying to kill. She did not say anything.

Believing she was lost for words, he suggested four: “How about this weekend?” It being a Wednesday, this meant he was serving her three to four days’ notice.

She gave him one of her big smiles. Its details included big teeth, white; and big gums, purple. Covering her head was a veil, black. It hid her hair but left out the face, which it encircled yet did not conceal. A loose head-to-foot garment, also black, shut the rest of her from the world. Her face was her only window.

“Saturday, perhaps?” suggested Engineer Tahir. Again, she only gave him her big smile, not his answer. In addition, he got another reward. In moments of amusements, he noticed, her left cheek was capable of a dimple. He added this new finding to his previous discoveries. These were more than enough, surely. He decided to decide. “Saturday it is, then.”

This time she actually said something. “No.”

In the heat of passion, when no one reasons clearly, who has not at one time or another misinterpreted a kind word from a friend? Who has not then reacted to it with disappointment, though, in the light of subsequent reflection, laughter would have been the appropriate response? Ms Mahmoud’s intention had been to conceal her eagerness to accept Engineer Tahir’s offer of tomato soup by effusing it, believing that to accept it too enthusiastically would have been unseemly. By burying her response under layers of coyness, she only sought to show that no one actually meant yes. As a proper Libyan woman, she felt she had to do this thing right: by letting him fill in the blanks that she left blank for him to fill in.

Engineer Tahir misinterpreted a sweet no as sour no and reacted to it violently. Convinced it was a rebuff dealt to hurt him, he stormed back to his office in a fit of rage. Believing Ms Mahmoud had said no to put him down, he felt humiliated, by a woman who, for all her big smiles, was nevertheless his junior by many miles. Unwisely, he vowed to retaliate

Questions

Place the excerpt in its immediate context. (6 marks)

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Identify and give illustrations of two themes evident in the excerpt. (4 marks)

Identify, illustrate and comment on two styles used in the excerpt. (4 marks)

Using information from this excerpt, discuss the character of Tahir and Mahmood. (4 marks)

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According to the excerpt, what does a bowl of tomato soup imply? (1 mark)

What tone is portrayed in the excerpt by Engineer Tahir? (1 mark)

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Add a question tag to the following sentence. (1 mark)

Her face was her only window

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Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt:(4 marks)
Grovelling
Ignited
Encircled
Spurred on

3. POETRY (20mks)

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow

You watched

You watched those unfortunate kids Those so-called street urchins

With pleading beseeching sunken eyes Desperately calling out for help

A meal, a frock or shelter

You unflinchingly sent them packing Your excuse, they make the town unsafe

You watched those orphans Guilty of sins unknown

Agony masking their innocent faces

A testimony of years of anguish Timidly calling out for help

For love, kindness or hope

Big drops of tears rolled down from your eyes Is that all you can do?

You watched the handicapped

Struggling to be like you and me Indifferent to their needs you walked on Forgetting you too are handicapped Perhaps in a different way

Like a snail you abandoned your shell Can you soften your heart?

Questions

Who is the persona in the poem? (2 marks)

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What is the poem about? (3 marks)

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Illustrate and any two stylistic devices used in the poem. (4 marks)

What is the attitude of the persona towards the ‘you’ in the poem? (3 marks)

Illustrate any character trait of the ‘you’ in the poem. (2 marks)

Mention the ills that the persona accuses the ‘you’ of doing. (2 marks)

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“Can you soften you heart?” What does the persona mean by this? (2 marks)

Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the poem. (2 marks)

(i) indifferent ………………………………………………………

(ii) anguish …………………………………………………………

GRAMMAR (15MARKS)

a) Rewrite each of the following sentence according to the instruction given after each (3marks)

i)Jayden was determined to pass his examinations. He dedicated a lot his time to studies.

(Join using so………..that)

ii)Rosa flew the plane over the pacific (Rewrite in passive voice)

ii)They did not have much money. They worked hard and kept their children in school.

(join using in spite of)

Arrange the adjectives given in brackets in the correct order in the space provided (1mk)

We are proud to launch a sparkling, new refreshing drink

Replace the phrasal verbs underlined with one word similar in meaning.(3 marks)
I will work hard to make up for the wasted time.

Kipkorir takes after his grandfather

The project has really eaten into my savings.

Explain two possible meanings of the sentence below. 2mks)

The burglar robbed the woman with the knife

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e) Insert the correct preposition in the blanks to complete the sentences below. (3 marks)

i) The ailing man has been in bed…………………………… the whole week.

ii) Adam’s birthday is ……………………………………….. July.

iii) Do you live ……………………………….. Bay Street?

f) Rewrite the following sentences avoiding repetition. (2 marks)

Always be frank and open with your friends. When you are frank and open to your friends, you will win your friends trust and confidence.

ii)Help yourself to some oranges. These oranges are sweet but those oranges are sweeter. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

g) Complete the following sentences by choosing the appropriate expressions to fill the gaps. (1 mk)

i) Although Nduati is a great friend of mine, I ………………………………………..him on a few important issues. (differ to, differ with)

3. POETRY (20mks)

You watched

Questions

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