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1 Subject Format / Topics
English Language Paper 1
Duration: 1 h 50 min Total marks: 70 (45%)
Editing Skills, Situational Writing Skills, Continuous Writing Skills Paper 2
Duration: 1 h 50 min Total marks: 50 (45%)
Comprehension and Summary Skills Paper 3
Duration: 45 min Total marks: 30 (10%) Listening Skills Paper 4 (T2 W5-6)
Total marks: 30 (Marks used for Prelim)
Oral skills (Reading Aloud and Spoken Interaction)
Higher Chinese 试卷一：写作（80 分）[2 小时]
1. 实用文（包括私人电邮和论坛）
两题选作一题，字数在 250 字以上，占 20 分 2. 作文（包括情境作文、演讲词、材料作文。）
三题选作一题，字数在 400 字以上，占 60 分）
试卷二：语文理解与运用（80 分）[1.45 小时]
1. 语文应用（短文填充+病句修改，共 20 分）
2. 阅读理解一（一篇短文，5 题 10 分）
3. 阅读理解二（两篇短文，共 38 分）
4. 片段缩写（1 题 12 分）
试卷三：口试（共 40 分）
1、 口头报告： 20 分 2、 会话： 20 分
❖根据会考标准出题
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2 Subject Format / Topics
Chinese 试卷一：写作（60 分） [2 小时]
一、 实用文（包括私人电邮和公务电邮）
两题选作一题，字数在 150 字以上，占 20 分。
二、 作文（包括情境作文、论说文、议论文）
三题选作一题，字数在 300 字以上，占 40 分。
试卷二：语文理解与运用（70 分） [1 时 30 分钟]
一、综合填空（多项选择，一个短文，10 题 10 分）
二、阅读理解一（多项选择，四个短文，10 题 20 分）
三、阅读理解二（自由作答，两个短文，10 题 40 分）
试卷三：
A 口试（50 分）[10-15 分钟]
第一部分：朗读短文（10 分）
第二部分：会话（40 分）
B 听力（ 20 分）[约 30 分钟]
第一部分：包括对话一、对话二及语段
第二部分：包括理解篇章一、理解篇章二及理解篇章三
（多项选择， 10 题 20 分）
❖根据会考标准出题
Xinmin Secondary School 2021 Mid-Year Examination - Sec 4 Express
3 Subject Format / Topics
Higher Malay Kertas 1: Penulisan Fungsional dan Penulisan Esei (2 jam - 80 markah) Bahagian A: Penulisan Fungsional (20 markah)
• E-mel Tidak Formal, Blog atau Forum Bahagian B: Penulisan Esei (60 markah)
• Karangan deskriptif, ekspositori/ucapan atau naratif
Kertas 2: Penggunaan Bahasa dan Kefahaman (1 jam 45 minit – 80 markah) Bahagian A: Soalan tatabahasa (20 markah)
• Soalan A1: Ujian Kloz (10 markah) 5 soalan melengkapkan teks
• Soalan A2: Mengedit Teks (10 markah)
5 soalan mengenal pasti perkataan yang disalah imbuh atau disalah Guna
Bahagian B: Peribahasa (10 markah)
• 5 soalan mengisi tempat kosong (FIB) Bahagian C: Kefahaman (38 markah)
• Bahagian ini terbahagi kepada Soalan C1 dan Soalan C2
• Soalan C1 (22 markah)
5 soalan berbentuk respons bebas berdasarkan satu teks yang panjangnya lebih kurang 350 patah perkataan.
• Soalan C2 (16 markah)
4 soalan berbentuk aneka pilihan (MCQ), respons bebas berdasarkan satu teks yang panjangnya lebih kurang 350 patah perkataan.
Jawab 3 soalan kefahaman dan soalan kosa kata Bahagian D: Peringkasan (12 Markah)
• Ringkasan berdasarkan teks dalam Soalan C2
• Gunakan tidak lebih daripada 60 patah perkataan.
Kertas 3 Lisan (40 markah) Bahagian I: Penyampaian (20m)
Bahagian II: Penjelasan dan Justifikasi (20m)
Pemeriksa dan pelajar akan berbual berdasarkan tema klip video.
Xinmin Secondary School 2021 Mid-Year Examination - Sec 4 Express
4 Malay Kertas 1: Penulisan Fungsional dan Penulisan Esei (2 jam - 60 markah)
Bahagian A: Penulisan Fungsional (20 markah)
• E-mel Tidak Formal atau Tidak Formal Bahagian B: Penulisan Esei (40 markah)
• Karangan deskriptif, ekspositori atau naratif
Kertas 2: Tatabahasa dan Pemahaman (1 jam 30 min - 70 markah) Bahagian A: Penggunaan Bahasa (30 markah)
• Pengimbuhan (10 markah)
• Peribahasa (10 markah)
• Mengisi tempat kosong (10 markah) Bahagian B: Pemahaman 1 (10 markah)
• Soalan kefahaman Objektif Bahagian C: Pemahaman 2 (30 markah)
• Soalan Kefahaman Subjektif
Kertas 3: Lisan dan Kefahaman Mendengar (70 markah) i. Komponen Lisan: (50 markah)
• Bacaan Lantang
• Perbualan berdasarkan video ii. Kefahaman Mendengar (20 markah)
• 10 soalan berbentuk aneka pilihan (MCQ)
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Subject Format Topics
Mathematics Paper 1 Duration: 2 h Total marks: 80 Paper 2
Duration: 2 h 30 min Total marks: 100
Entire O-Level Mathematics Syllabus
Additional Mathematics
Paper 1
Duration: 2 h 15 mins Total marks: 90 Paper 2
Duration: 2 h 15 min Total marks: 90
Chapter 1 - 16
Physics Paper 1
Duration: 1 h Total marks: 40
Multiple Choice Questions Paper 2
Duration: 1 h 45 min Total marks: 80 Section A (50 marks):
Structured Questions Section B (30 marks):
Free Response Questions
1. Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement
2. Kinematics 3. Dynamics
4. Mass, Weight and Density 5. Turning Effect of Forces 6. Pressure
7. Work, Energy and Power 8. Kinetic Model of Matter 9. Temperature
10. Transfer of Thermal Energy 11. Thermal Properties of Matter 12. General Wave Properties 13. Light
14. Electromagnetic Spectrum 15. Sound
16. Static Electricity 17. Current of Electricity 18. D.C. Circuits
19. Practical Electricity
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Chemistry Paper 1 Duration: 1 h Total marks: 40
Multiple Choice Questions Paper 2/3/4 (Phy/Chem/Bio) Duration:
1 h 15 min for each paper Total marks:
65 for each paper For each paper:
Section A (45 marks):
Structured Questions Section B (20 marks):
Free Response Questions
All O-level topics except Organic Chemistry
Biology Paper 1
Duration: 1 h Total marks: 40
Multiple Choice Questions Paper 2
Duration: 1 h 45 min Total marks: 80
Section A (50 marks):
Structured Questions Section B (30 marks):
Free Response Questions
1. Cells (Cell Structure and Organisation) 2. Movement of Substances
3. Nutrients (Biological Molecules) 4. Enzymes (Biological Molecules) 5. Nutrition in Humans
6. Nutrition in (Flowering) Plants 7. Transport in Humans
8. Transport in Plants 9. Respiration in Humans 10. Excretion in Humans 11. Homeostasis
12. The Nervous System (Coordination and Response in Humans)
13. The Human Eye (Coordination and Response in Humans)
14. Hormones (Coordination and Response in Humans)
15. Cell Division
16. Heredity (Inheritance) 17. Molecular Genetics
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Subject Format Topics
Science (Physics)
Paper 1 Duration: 1 h Total marks: 40
Multiple Choice Questions Paper 2/3/4 (Phy/Chem/Bio) Duration:
1 h 15 min for each paper Total marks:
65 for each paper For each paper:
Section A (45 marks):
Structured Questions Section B (20 marks):
Free Response Questions
1. Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement
2. Kinematics 3. Dynamics
4. Mass, Weight and Density 5. Turning Effects of Forces 6. Pressure
7. Work, Energy and Power 8. Kinetic Model of Matter 9. Transfer of Thermal Energy 10. Thermal Properties of Matter 11. General Wave Properties 12. Light
13. Electromagnetic Spectrum 14. Sound
15. Static Electricity 16. Current Electricity 17. D.C. Circuits Science
(Chemistry)
Paper 1 Duration: 1 h Total marks: 40
Multiple Choice Questions Paper 2/3/4 (Phy/Chem/Bio) Duration:
1 h 15 min for each paper Total marks:
65 for each paper For each paper:
Section A (45 marks):
Structured Questions Section B (20 marks):
Free Response Questions
1. Kinetic Particle Theory
2. Measurement and Experimental Techniques
3. Separation and Purification
4. Elements, Compounds and Mixtures 5. Atomic Structure
6. Bonding and Structure 7. Chemical Calculations 8. Acids and Bases 9. Preparation of Salts 10. The Periodic Table 11. Rate of Reaction 12. Energy Changes 13. Redox
14. Metals 15. Air
16. Qualitative Analysis
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Subject Format Topics
Science (Biology)
Paper 1 Duration: 1 h Total marks: 40
Multiple Choice Questions Paper 2/3/4 (Phy/Chem/Bio) Duration:
1 h 15 min for each paper Total marks:
65 for each paper For each paper:
Section A (45 marks):
Structured Questions Section B (20 marks):
Free Response Questions
1. Cell Structure and Organisation 2. Movement of Substances
3. Biological Molecules (includes Enzymes) 4. Animal Nutrition
5. Plant Nutrition
6. Transport in Flowering Plants 7. Transport in Humans
8. Respiration
9. Co-ordination and Response (includes the Human Eye, Nervous System and Hormones)
10. Reproduction 11. Molecular Genetics 12. Inheritance
Geography Paper 1
Duration: 1 h 40 min Total marks: 50 Structured Questions Paper 2
Duration: 1 h 30 min Total marks: 50 Structured Questions
Paper 1:
1. Coasts Geographical Investigation 2. Tourism Geographical Investigation 3. Coasts
4. Tourism Paper 2:
1. Living with Tectonic Hazards 2. Variable Weather and Climate 3. Food Resources
4. Weather & Climate Geography
Elective
Duration: 1 h 40 min Total marks: 50 Structured Questions
1. Global Tourism Geographical Investigation
2. Weather and Climate 3. Global Tourism
4. Living with Tectonic Hazards 5. Food Resources
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Subject Format Topics
History Paper 1
Duration: 1 h 40 min Total marks: 50
Source-based Questions (30 marks) Structured-essay Questions (20 marks) Paper 2
Duration: 1 h 40 min Total marks: 50
Source-based Questions (30 marks) Structured-essay Questions (20 marks)
SBCS Skills:
Making inferences
Making comparisons
Assessing reliability
Assessing utility
“Surprise” / Hybrid
Evaluating all sources in judging a hypothesis
SEQ skills:
1 X 8 marks question on causes 1 X 12 marks ‘judgement' evaluative question
Paper 1 Topics:
All chapters of Book 2 Paper 2 Topics:
The Outbreak of the Cold War The Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
British Decolonisation of Malaya History Elective Duration: 1 h 40 min
Total marks: 50
Source-based Questions (30 marks) Structured-essay Questions (20 marks)
SBCS Skills:
• Making inferences
• Making comparisons
• Assessing purpose
• Assessing reliability
• Assessing utility
• “Surprise” / Hybrid
Evaluating all sources in judging a hypothesis
SEQ skills:
1 X 8 marks question on causes 1 X 12 marks ‘judgement' evaluative question
Topics:
All chapters of Unit 2
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Social Studies Duration: 1 h 45 min Total marks: 50
Source-based Questions (35 marks) Structured-response Question (15 marks)
SBCS Skills:
• Making inferences
• Making comparisons
• Assessing reliability
• Assessing utility
• “Surprise”/Hybrid
• Evaluating all sources in judging a hypothesis
Topics:
• Chapters 7 to 11 Literature in English Paper 1
Duration: 1 h 40 min Total marks: 50 Paper 2
Duration: 1 h 30 min Total marks: 50
Paper 1 Set Text:
Fiela’s Child Unseen:
Choice of Poem Paper 2
Set Text:
Offcentre Literature in English
Elective
Duration: 1 h 40 min Total marks: 50
Set Text:
Fiela’s Child Unseen:
Choice of Poem Literature in
Chinese Elective 问答A组
2选1
问答A组
考查内容：指定现当代文学读本
问答B组
2选1
问答B组
考查内容：课外文学作品赏析
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Principles of Accounts
Paper 1
Duration: 1 hour Total marks: 40 Structured Questions Paper 2
Duration: 2 hours Total marks: 60 Structured Questions
(includes Scenario-based Question)
1. Introduction to Accounting 2. Accounting Information System 3. Elements of Financial Statements and
the Accounting Equation 4. Double-entry Recording
5. Trial Balance and Financial Statements 6. Revenue and Other Income
7. Cost of Sales and Other Expenses 8. Cash (Internal Control, Bank
Reconciliation) 9. Inventories
10. Trade Receivables 11. Non-current assets 12. Trade payables 13. Correction of errors
14. Equities - Sole-proprietorship and Company
Drama Duration: 2 h
Total marks: 65 Section A (20 marks)
Two mid-length questions will be set.
The questions require students to reflect and/or evaluate on their
progress of their original group devised performance.
Students have to answer both questions in Section A.
Section B (20 marks)
5 short-answer questions will be set.
Students have to answer all questions in Section B.
Section C (25 marks)
2 long-answer questions will be set.
Students will have to answer one question from Section C.
The questions set in Sections B and C will be from the pre-release material of Lady Precious Stream by Hsiung, S. I.
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Computing Paper 1 (Theory) Duration: 2 h Total marks: 80
Short answer questions; matching questions; cloze passage; structured questions
Paper 2 (Practical) Duration: 2 h 30 min Total marks: 50 4 tasks
Paper 1 carries 70% of the total marks.
This paper tests knowledge, understanding and application of concepts and skills in all the 4 modules:
(1) Data and Information
(2) Systems and Communications (3) Abstraction and Algorithms (4) Programming
Paper 2 carries 30% of the total marks.
4 compulsory tasks:
(a) Use of spreadsheet functions and features
(b) Refinement of program (c) Debugging of program
(d) Development of program with no more than 40 lines of code
• Development of program will carry 20 marks; the remaining 3 questions average 10 marks
