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Re-write the following sentence according to the instructions given.
The waste of time and resources would have been avoided if they had considered a career that did not require the ability to handle Mathematics and Physics well (begin If…)
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October 7, 2019
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Sisi tunajua sheria ingawa tu wafisadi
Anza: Japo………….
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October 7, 2019
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow
Choosing a career
The career market is full of opportunities. Gone are the days when we had ‘either… or’ career choices. The times when women, for example, chose between only nursing, teaching and secretarial work are long gone. The explosion in communication technology, and the liberalization and globalization of the world economy, has ensured that there is no longer a dearth of career choices. Today, colleges and Universities offer a wide range of training opportunities to high school graduates. This has made choosing a career an involving process. It has also given rise to the need for career counselling.
When choosing a career, whether you have the help of a career counselor or not, there are several factors that you should consider. These include your abilities or talents, your interests, your priorities and the available opportunities in the job market.
The skills required in a particular career and the ability to gain them through education must be considered when choosing careers. Becoming a doctor, for instance, requires extensive education and training, and many years of educational commitment. In addition to the compulsory subjects, the academic background required for this career is good grades in chemistry and biology at secondary school level. If your ability in these subjects is just average, you would be overstretching your luck to enroll for a Bachelor of Medicine degree course. In the past, students have chosen to pursue training in engineering, even when their ability to handle physics and mathematics was low. This, in many cases, has made them drop out of the class mid-course. The waste of time and resources would have been avoided if they had considered a career that did not require the ability to handle mathematics and physics well.
There are times when people have been driven to choose a particular career because of the salary and prestige associated with jobs in this field. At times, the desire to take certain courses comes from within the individual, but most times, individuals feel pressured by peers or family to take certain courses. Joining a career in which you have no interest in is a recipe for all dull life since you will spend more of your working hours doing something you do not like. Your career does not necessarily have to be your passion, but it should not bore you to death either. You can work out your interests by identifying the subjects you enjoy most at school, or the topics that are of interest to you and for which you take the initiative to read on your own.
It is true that many young people are attracted more by the social mobility that the job might provide than by their interest in the career. However, research has found that money does not play as big a role in job satisfaction as many people think. Of course we all have to make a living, but if you do not like your job, it does not matter how much you get paid to do it. What does matter is how well a career choice matches your values.
Questions
i) What has created the necessity for career counselling?
ii) Why is one’s ability an important factor in career choice?
iii) Why do you think the writer cites engineering in the passage?
iv) According to the passage which career should a person who values variety choose?
v) Make notes on the importance of knowing the availability of jobs in the career field one wants to join.
vi) What evidence is given in the passage to support the statement “Money does not play a big role in job satisfaction?”
vii) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
a) Liberalization
b) Dearth
c) Social mobility
d) Collaboration
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October 7, 2019
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The diagram below shows part of a food relationship in an ecosystem:-
(a) Name the food relationship above.
(b) How many trophic levels are shown in the diagram above?
(c) State main source of energy in the ecosystem.
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October 7, 2019
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Complete each of the following sentences using the appropriate interrogative pronoun.
i. ………………………………………..did you meet on your way?
ii. . …………………………………………girl do you prefer, Jane or Joyce?
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October 7, 2019
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Ainisha viambishi katika neno lifuatalo:
atakuajiri
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October 7, 2019
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Andika katika wingi
Meza ii hii ndiyo aliyotumia kulia
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October 7, 2019
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Nyambua vitenzi vifuatavyo katika kauli ya kutendewa
i) cha …
ii) nywa
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October 7, 2019
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Tunga sentensi ukitumia kinyume cha kitenzi: ‘umba’
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October 7, 2019
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During one of the English group discussions you realized that most members did not benefit from it.
Explain three ways in which you can create orderliness in a discussion so as to benefit all the group
members.
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October 7, 2019
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The diagram below represents a mammalian nephron.
(a) Name the structures labeled B,C and D
(c) Name the process by which substances are reabsorbed from structure C into blood capillaries
(d) How is the pressure in structure A achieved?
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October 7, 2019
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Unda nomino za/lm,k, dhahania kutokana na maneno yafuatayo :-
i) Kwea .
ii) Himarisha
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October 7, 2019
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Doubtlessly, many of us consider ourselves patriots. And we have evidence to prove it; we cheer Hararnbee Stars hoarse when they are playing international matches. What’s more, when our athletes are competing in foreign capitals, we root for them with all enthusiasm we can muster. Actually, some of us have been observed to heave and pant in rhythm with our fellow Kenyan competitors as we watch them on television, Wonderful and noble though it is to identify with, and celebrate the exploits of our country men and women, we need to do a lot more to earn the label ‘patriot’.
A reliable yardstick where patriotism is concerned is our taste in various things. Take music for example. Most of us like listening to it as it is pleasant to the ear and soothing to the heart. The question is, what music do you predominantly listen to? Some wouldn’t be seen dead listening to local music. To them, it is ‘uninspiring’ and ‘primitive’. They prefer foreign lyrics, and drug abuse. The moral damage inflicted upon the impressionable minds of our youth by such music is immense.
There are several reasons why we should cultivate a liking for local music. To begin with, our artist are now producing music that can hold its own anywhere. Most of them pass information with positive values such as obedience, respect and the importance of avoiding HIV infection. Secondly, when we buy local music, we help to create employment in the music and tourism industries. Besides, we promote talent and enhance the local languages in which some of the music is composed.
Another area in which some have turned their backs on Kenya is education. After fourth form, there are those who opt to study abroad even though the very courses they want to do there are available locally. They either mistakenly believe that Kenyan education is substandard or they are simply lured by the mirage of better prospects abroad.
There are obvious advantages of studying locally. In terms of cost, it is much cheaper here. Needless to say, you are spared the added cost of air tickets and the hustle of obtaining travel documents. Your money remains here and boosts our economy; more lecturers, non academic staff and even suppliers find employment. Moreover, you remain close to your family and friends and thus avoid the nasty culture shock experienced by those who go abroad.
Supposing somebody offered to sponsor you for a sight-seeing tour to place of your choice. Which country would you choose? Chances are that it wouldn’t be Kenya, right? Yet, the reality is that most of us know very little of this gem of a country whose natural endowments beckon so many from so far. We are ignorant about the world’s finest safaris, commanding waterfalls, spectacular lakes, in parallel array of big game and varied cultural activities the induce adrenchin rush. Such scenic splendor, or heritage, left to be savored almost exclusively by foreign tourist! Hasn’t our government heavily subsidized domestic tourism? Why then should some Kenyans save up to go to Seychelles or Hawaii before they have tasted their own mother’s appetizing dish?
If we were true patriots, we would fully familiarize ourselves with our local attractions before going to foreign destinations. Apart from the guaranteed pleasure we would derive from such local adventures, we would, more importantly, be building the Kenyan economy in various ways. Tourism is directly linked to the hotel, entertainment, transport, trade and agriculture industries.
Lastly, let us desist from talking ill of our country. True, there may be many things that have gone wrong in Kenya but let us try to look for a positive speck even in the muck. Lets criticize constructively for the betterment of our nation. We only demean ourselves when we strip our motherland naked for all and sundry to ridicule.
Most of us feel the itch of patriotism. Let us now scratch that itch by promoting what is truly uniquely Kenyan. Our choices in the past may have made the present bleak, but our future as Kenyans does not have to be bleak.
Answer the following questions
a. Why does the author mention Harambee Stars in paragraph one?
b. Rewrite the last line of paragraph one to start with: Though
c. What is the position of the author on foreign music?
d. In note form summarize the reasons we should cultivate a liking for local music.
e. What view of local education do those who study abroad have?
f. Why would it be advantageous to study locally. Give any two reasons.
g. Explain the irony in paragraph six.
h. What is the author’s partying shot on patriotism’?
i. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.
I. Yardstick
II. Own mother’s appetizing dish
III. Muck
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October 7, 2019
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Construct two sentences for each word given below to convey the two meanings in the words
i) Dove
ii) Wind
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October 7, 2019
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Eleza maana mbili ya sentensi:-
Tumetengeneza barabara
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October 7, 2019
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Read the items below and answer the questions that follow
i) Hurry hurry has no blessings.
ii) He who laughs last laughs loudest.
1) Name the category to which the items belong.
2) Identify and illustrate two aspects of sound used in each of the items above
3) Give two characteristics of the above genre
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October 7, 2019
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Describe the path taken by urea from the organ where it is formed until it is released from the human body.
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October 7, 2019
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Andika katika usemi wa taarifa:-
Tutaanza mashindano kesho, Mwalimu alimwambia mwanafunzi.
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October 7, 2019
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An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of drinking on excess amount of water on the flow of urine. A person drinks one litre of water and urine was collected at intervals of 15 minutes.
The results were as shown below.
(a) Plot a suitable graph to represent urine output with time.
(b) Explain the rate of flow of urine between the following times;
(i) 15 and 60 minutes.
(ii) 60 and 75 minutes.
(iii) 75 and 135 minutes.
(c) Name two hormones responsible for regulation of relative amount of salts and water in man.
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October 7, 2019
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Identify the word with a different sound
i) excited.............packet...........laughed
ii) leisure...............measure...........pressure
iii) echoes.............arch.............monarchy
iv) leaf..........dough.................rough
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October 7, 2019
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Huku ukitumia mifano mwafaka, eleza tofauti ya sentensi sahili na ambatano
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October 7, 2019
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Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Name the structure represented by the diagram
(b)
(i) Name the parts labelled D and M
(ii) Name the hormones whose sites of action are Q and G (c) Name one substance that is present in part N but absent in part Z
(d) The contents of part V were boiled with Benedicts’ solution and an orange precipitate was
formed. Account for the results
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October 7, 2019
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Ainisha shamirisho /yambwa katika sentensi ifuatayo:-
Mchezaji alimpigia mwenzake mpira kwa mguu wa kushoto.
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October 7, 2019
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Analyze the oral song below and answer the questions that follow.
WHEN I SEE THE BEAUTY ON MY BELOVED’S FACE
When I see the beauty on my beloved’s face,
I throw away the food in my hand;
Oh, sister of the young man, listen;
The beauty on my beloved’s face.
Her neck is long, when I see it cannot
Sleep one wink
Oh, the daughter of my mother-in-law,
Her neck is like the shaft of a spear.
When I touch the tattoos on her back,
I die;
Oh, sister of the young man, listen;
The tattoo on my beloved’s back.
When I see the gap in my beloved’s teeth,
Her teeth are white like dry season simsim;
Oh, daughter of my father-in-law, listen;
The gap in my beloved’s teeth.
The daughter of the bull confuses my head,
I have to marry her;
True, sister of the young man, listen;
The suppleness of my beloved’s waist.
i) How has rhythm been achieved in this oral song?
ii) Explain how you would perform this oral song.
iii) What tone will you adopt when singing this song?
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October 7, 2019
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Onyesha tofauti ya vitate vifuatavyo kwa kuvitungia sentensi
(i) Dhamani
(ii) Thamani
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October 7, 2019
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Andika udogo wa sentensi:-
Ndama wa ng’ombe yule ameuzwa.
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October 7, 2019
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Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
The rains presently pounding most parts (1) _______________________ Kenya are heavy. There has
(2) ___________________________ a significant number of fatalities, thousands of people displaced
(3) _____________________ floods, property destroyed and crops washed (4) ___________________.
The meteorological department is warning that the rains will not let (5) __________________ soon,
while the Kenya Red Cross has issued a detailed (6) ___________________ on the damage. It is
ironical that Kenyans spend (7) ________________________of the year lamenting about the drought
(8) _____________________ famine, then when the rains come, (9) _________________ subject
thousands of families to (10) _______________________ misery.
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October 7, 2019
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Tunga sentensi sahihi ukitumia –wa- katika kauli ya kutendeana
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October 7, 2019
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Onyesha matumizi mawili mawili ya alama zifuatazo:-
(a) Alama ya mshangao
(b) Mshazari
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October 7, 2019
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Tunga sentensi ya maneno manne ambayo ina sehemu zifuatazo. Kielezi cha namna,
kivumishi,kitenzi na jina
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October 5, 2019