Tanjong Rhu is a simple (i)______ profound story about the relationship between Mr. T.W.

Li, a rich (ii)_________ in the shipping business and his mother (Ah Ma). Mr Li has his office
at Shenton Way and is modern in his ways and ideas. His mother is traditional with strong
religious (iii)_______ and practices ancestor worship religiously. They have a close
relationship although Mr Li does not seem to realize it. The day (iv)_________ Ah Ma’s
funeral, Mr Li recalls the day he (v)_______ his mother about using binoculars or see-far
glasses. While he wants her to have (vi)________ vision with the binoculars, she however,
(vii)_________ to see her husband’s shipyard in Tanjung Rhu with the binoculars. She uses
them but does not see anything. (viii)_________, she tells Mr. Li she sees his childhood days
when they enjoyed (ix)________ on Tanjung Rhu beach in her mind’s eyes. Mr. Li cannot
(x)_________ all these details and wants to ask Ah Ma further. But , she (xi)________ very
sick and is unable to talk much. She manages to (xii)________ the urgency of a hidden key to
the altar (xiii)______ she draws her last (xiv)__________. He promises to (xv)__________ this
last wish of hers. But, he is unable to find the key.

i. A. but vii. A. hoping

B. and B. hope
C. yet C. is hoping
D. or D. hopes

ii. A. businessman viii. A. How ever

B. fisherman B. Instead
C. apprentice C. Therefore
D. owner D. Thus

iii. A. believe ix. A. walking

B. beliefs B. walked
C. believing C. walks
D. belief D. have walked

iv. A. before x. A. remembered

B. during B. remembers
C. while C. remembering
D. after D. remember

v. A. tell xi. A. becoming

B. told B. becomes
C. has told C. has became
D. was telling D. became

vi. A. better xii. A. convey

B. good B. conveyed
C. best C. is conveying
D. bad D. conveys

xiii. A. before
B. after
C. during
 D. when

xiv. A. wish
B. view
C. breath
D. death

xv. A. convey
B. deliver
C. guide
D. fulfill [15 marks]