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UK GCSE MAY 2007 : Foundation Tier, English Paper 1

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General Certificate of Secondary Education 2007 Paper 1 Foundation Tier G2901 English [G2901] TUESDAY 29 MAY, AFTERNOON TIME 2 hours. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 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 or part question. 1-9/3/06EA 9/3/06NF 3 - 27.06.06ML 4 - 21-09-06RR Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer all four questions. Answer the three questions in Section A and the one question in Section B. Spend one hour on Section A and one hour on Section B. G291F7 2415 Section A This section tests reading skills. 9/3/06NF 1-9/3/06EA Spend about 15 minutes reading the passage carefully. 3 - 27.06.06ML 4 - 21-09-06RR Answer all three questions. Meg and Belch were doing a job. Meg and Belch. Sounded like some sort of comedy double act. But it wasn t. There was nothing funny about breaking into a pensioner s flat. Raptor, Belch s dog, was slobbering on Meg s boots. Do we really need the mutt? she hissed, wiping her dripping boot in the flowerbed. Belch turned away from the window. Piggy eyes glared out from under gelled spikes of hair. Listen, Meg Finn, he whispered. Raptor is no mutt. He is pure bred. Meg rolled her eyes. Belch returned to window-jimmying*, worming the blade of the screwdriver between the frame and the sill. For the thousandth time, Meg Finn wondered what she was doing here. How had she sunk this far skulking around granny flats with a lowlife like Belch Brennan? Her reflection glared accusingly from the window pane. For a second she saw the ghost of her mother in that face. The same wide blue eyes, the same braided blonde hair, even the same frown wrinkles between her eyebrows. What would Mam think of this? Meg s involuntary blush answered the question for her. Something split in the window frame. We re in, grunted Belch. Let s go. Raptor scrabbled up the wall into the dark interior. He was a point-dog, sent in to check for hostiles. His orders were simple. Bite everything. If it screamed, it was hostile. Not what you d call a stealth* dog, Raptor managed to barge into every stick of furniture on the ground floor. Why don t we just ring the bell? groaned Meg. Oh stop your whining, Finn, snorted Belch. Old Lowrie is deaf as a post anyway. You could set off fireworks in there and he wouldn t stop snoring. Belch hoisted his considerable bulk over the sill, exposing a drooping belly in the process. Meg shuddered. Disgusting. Her partner s face appeared from the darkness. Are you coming, Finn? Meg paused. This was it. The line between bold and bad. The decision was hers. Well? You re not chickening out on me, are you? Meg bristled. I m not afraid of anything, Belch Brennan! Belch chuckled nastily. Prove it. He was provoking her, and she knew it. But Meg Finn could never resist a dare. Placing her palms on the ledge, she jumped nimbly into the room. That s how to break and enter, you big clod, she said. That remark could cost her later. But even Belch wouldn t waste time wrestling when there was robbing to be done. Luckily, he had the memory span of a particularly thick goldfish, so with any luck he d have forgotten all about the comment by the time they d completed their mission. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 *window-jimmying: forcing open the window *stealth: avoiding being discovered by moving carefully G291F7 G291F7 2415 2 [Turn over 3 - 27.06.06ML 4 - 21-09-06RR 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 Adapted from The Wish List by Eoin Colfer *accessory: partner in crime 1-9/3/06EA 9/3/06NF The room was musty, with a smell of medicines. Meg recognised it from the night she d spent on the couch outside her mother s hospital room. The odours made what she was doing seem all the more terrible. How could she? Steal from a helpless pensioner? She could because she needed the money to run away. Escape from Franco once and for all. Get on the ferry and never come back. Think about the ferry, she told herself. Think about escaping. Get the money any way you can. There was a gap in the curtains and the street lights were reflecting off a TV screen sitting in a corner. It was a very old TV, no flat screen or speakers. With the aid of the street lights Meg began to slowly make out the rest of the room. An armchair with raggedy old cushions sat opposite the TV screen. In the middle of the room stubbed out butts, overflowing from an ashtray, lay on the glass surface of an ancient coffee table. A bookshelf with heavy pine shelving covered the far wall. The floor was covered in cheap lino. Belch was now rooting around in the threadbare furnishings of a battered sofa. This place is a dump, he remarked. There was old-man stuff all over the room. Tins of pills. Worthless. Belch pocketed them anyway. They could be heart pills, Belch, whispered Meg. Your man could have a fit when he realises he s been robbed. Belch shrugged. So what? Anyway, I don t know what you re whining about. Seeing as you re an accessory* and all. Meg opened her mouth to object, but couldn t. It was true. She was an accessory to whatever happened here tonight. So give up your moaning and go through the dresser. This old boy s got cash somewhere. All wrinklies do. So s they can leave it to someone! Another gem of wisdom from Belch. Her hand hovered over the knob on an ancient dresser. Open it, she told herself. Open it and face the consequences. Her fingers trembled, rigid with fear and shame. Ancient photographs lined the shelves. Yellowed eyes accused her from behind smoky glass. It was no use. Meg Finn might be bold, but she wasn t bad. Belch elbowed her out of the way. Chicken, he muttered in disgust. That was when the light came on. Old Lowrie McCall stood on the stairs, pointing an ancient shotgun. Obviously not as deaf as Belch had thought. What are you two at? he rasped, his voice gravelly with sleep. It was a dopey sort of question really. Two intruders. Middle of the night. Up to their elbows in his stuff. What did he think they were doing? Lowrie cocked the antique gun with his thumb. Well? I asked you a question. Belch belched casually, hence his name. We re robbin the place. What does it look like? The old man descended the stairs, frowning. Actually, tubby, that s exactly what it looks like. Now get your paws out of my dresser. Meg blinked. This was like something on the telly. One of those American cop shows where everyone had ponytails. If they were going to follow the script, then Belch would do something stupid, and the old chap would be forced to shoot the pair of them. That s not what happened at all. G291F7 G291F7 2415 3 [Turn over 1 Spend about 10 minutes on your answer. Use evidence from lines 40 68 to support your answer. How does the writer s description of Old Lowrie s home create a sense of an old, neglected place? [8] 2 Spend about 15 minutes on your answer. Use evidence from the whole passage. What do you learn about Belch Brennan? 3 [10] Spend about 20 minutes on your answer. Use evidence from the whole passage. How has the writer tried to capture and hold the reader s interest? You should consider how the writer: makes the events exciting creates interesting characters uses descriptive words and phrases. 1-9/3/06EA 9/3/06NF 3 - 27.06.06ML 4 - 21-09-06RR [12] G291F7 2415 4 [Turn over Section B This section tests writing skills: to review, analyse and comment. Write in a way that suits this type of task. To answer this question effectively, you should aim to write at least two sides. Leave enough time to re-read your work so that you can make any changes you feel are necessary. 4 Consider the following statement and the issues it raises: Smoking shouldn t be allowed inside buildings used by the public. The opinions below raise a series of points about the topic of smoking in public buildings. The examiner wants you to review the points that you consider to be important, along with ideas of your own. Analyse these in an extended piece of writing. I m a waitress and a non-smoker. Why should I have to breathe in other people s smoke when I am at work? Smokers have rights too! I don t want my children s health affected by passive smoking. People who smoke in public buildings are just selfish! Most public buildings have no-smoking areas, so what s all the fuss about? 3 - 27.06.06ML 4 - 21-09-06RR Remember to include your own ideas, comments and conclusions. [30] 1-9/3/06EA 9/3/06NF THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER G291F7 2415 5 [Turn over 3 - 27.06.06ML 4 - 21-09-06RR 9/3/06NF 1-9/3/06EA Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. S 3/06 7-035-1 [Turn over

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