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UK GCSE NOV 2008 : Higher Tier, English Paper 2

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General Certificate of Secondary Education 2008 Paper 2 Higher Tier G2904 English [G2904] MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER, MORNING TIME 2 hours. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer all four questions. Spend one hour on Section A and one hour on Section B. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 60. Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question. This paper is accompanied by an insert and a leaflet for use with questions 2, 3 and 4. 3742 Section A This section tests writing skills: to inform, explain and describe. Write in a way that suits this type of task. The answer should be developed fully. You will be expected to write at least two sides in the answer booklet. Leave enough time to re-read your work so that you can make any changes you feel are necessary. 1 You have been asked to write an article for the Council s monthly newsletter which is aimed at tourists visiting the area. The task is to write a lively and interesting article to promote the positive features of your area. In your article you should: describe where you live to the readers of the monthly newsletter explain what your area has to offer inform the readers about any other relevant features and facilities. 3742 2 [30] [Turn over Section B This section tests reading skills. Spend about 15 minutes reading the material enclosed: the leaflet and the letter. Answer all three questions. 2 Answer using the leaflet. Spend 15 minutes on your answer. This leaflet is promoting the use of chewing gum to prevent tooth decay. How do the presentational details help to support this purpose? In your answer consider: the use of photographs/images the use of colour the layout. 3 [10] Answer using the letter. Spend 15 minutes on your answer. The writer has expressed his concerns about chewing gum in an open and honest manner. Consider how this has been achieved by commenting on: the personal nature of the writing the variety in sentence structure and the use of paragraphing. 4 [10] Answer using the letter and only the written material from the leaflet. Spend 15 minutes on your answer. These texts express very different views about chewing gum. Compare and contrast how the writers have put forward their point of view. Write about: the words and phrases used the use of facts and opinions. THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER 3742 3 [10] S 10/07 891-005-1 [Turn over General Certificate of Secondary Education 2008 Paper 2 Higher Tier G2904 English [G2904] MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER, MORNING INSERT FOR USE WITH SECTION B QUESTIONS 3 AND 4 3742.02 [Turn over Letter to the editor of the local newspaper Dear Editor, Belfast City is facing a sticky problem chewing gum. I hate the stuff, never more than on a bus when somebody sits behind you chewing noisily all through your journey. The sound of someone chewing gum incessantly, like some mindless cow chewing the cud, is enough to drive anyone insane! This chewing of gum is one thing, but not disposing of it properly is another. It costs 3p a stick to buy, but 10p to prise it off the pavement. Dropping used gum irresponsibly is an unpleasant nuisance, an eyesore for the public and a major headache for those who have to clean it up. It s about time we tackled the blight of gum on our streets. Chewing gum is a growing menace in the UK that is costing taxpayers millions each year to clean up. We need to think before we spit! Currently, the clean-up bill for local authorities across the UK is as high as 150m a year. Belfast Council spends 60,000 a year on gum removal, but could spend ten times that and not crack the problem. At any given time, on Belfast s main shopping street, Royal Avenue, there are more than 300,000 pieces of discarded chewing gum. It s a disgrace! It looks like our streets have some nasty disease. Squads of cleaners are out working seven days a week. They start at the top of Royal Avenue, work down one side of the street and back up the other side that takes anywhere between four to eight weeks! By the time they ve finished, they have to start all over again! There are 28 million gum chewers in the UK, spending over 240m on 935 million packets a year. With rocketing sales, we must look at new ways of tackling the problem on our streets before it spirals out of control. The gum manufacturers led by chewing gum giant Wrigley should take more responsibility for cleaning up their product. Surprise, surprise they are sticking to their position. Wrigley, which produces 90% of the UK s gum, blames gum litter on the irresponsible behaviour of a minority of chewers, who they believe need to be educated to dispose of their litter properly. As for helping pay for what the councils say is a massive cost the gum giant is keeping its hands in its pockets and its mouth closed. One way to solve the problem is for gum manufacturers to make more environmentally-friendly, biodegradable gum. Wrigley maintains it has invested around 5 million into researching biodegradable gum options, claiming no success to date. Now that is hard to swallow! Research by a US university has shown that environmentally-friendly gum is a definite possibility. Enough excuses Wrigley, give us some promises that stick! Yours, A. Citizen 891-005-2 [Turn over

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