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2002 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N English (ESL) Paper 1 Language Study within an Area of Study Total marks 45 Section I General Instructions Reading time 10 minutes 1 Working time 1 hours 2 Write using black or blue pen Pages 2 6 25 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 50 minutes for this section Section II Pages 7 8 20 marks Attempt Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section 358 Section I 25 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 50 minutes for this section Answer each question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In this section you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the ways language shapes and expresses perceptions Question 1 (25 marks) Examine Texts one, two and three carefully and then answer the questions on page 6. Text one D AY A N D N I G H T YO U R W E E K LY G U I D E TO E N T E RTA I N M E N T A N D L E I S U R E Hey you . . . up in the sky! By Eugene Ng Some people consider Australian Paul Smith totally insane. And no wonder. He jumps off planes some 14 000 feet up in the sky, with a parachute strapped to his back and a 5 surfboard fastened to his feet, performing acrobatics while freefalling at the breakneck speed of 120 mph. To many, this choice of career would seem incredibly stupid, perhaps even suicidal, but 10 Paul Smith is completely at peace while cavorting and executing spins, loops and rolls, at these ridiculous vertigo-inducing heights. Going by his official job description, 15 25-year-old Paul Smith is a skysurfer, and an ace one at that too. He has been skydiving for nine years. Here in Malaysia as part of the Golden Dreams Live tour which includes tandem jumpers, accuracy jumpers 20 and aerobatic pilots, Paul s act was a highlight. A relatively new sport, skysurfing was pioneered by skydivers in the US in 1980. Tired of conventional freefall jumps, they 25 first experimented by lying flat on styrofoam boogie boards while freefalling. The sport developed further when a French skydiver executed a freefall jump standing on a surfboard. Then, another Frenchman tried 30 using a skateboard-sized board instead, and the sport of skysurfing, in its present form, was born. It was Paul s dad who encouraged him to make that all-important first jump. I recall 35 being quite scared. But after I did it, I remember thinking, Let s do that again , Paul reveals. And he has kept on doing just that. He is now a veteran of 5 700 freefall jumps, quite a feat for someone in the sport 40 for such a short time. Watching Paul manoeuvre 360-degree spins, forward and backward loops and somersaults, Question 1 continues on page 3 2 Question 1 (continued) all in 30 short seconds, on a giant screen, one gets an awesome close-up view of 45 Paul s obvious mastery of the skills involved. A skill which not many people can emulate. It has to do with balance, Paul reveals, quite emphatically. That s the difference. But it was, in a way, by design, that Paul was to take up skydiving. Both his dad and his sister also enjoy the sport. Only his mum prefers to have her feet firmly planted on the 90 ground, although she has no qualms about the rest of the family having their heads in the clouds . Even Paul s girlfriend skydives. 50 Speaking to him, one realises that he Now, he literally lives for the sport. He skydives every day. He also watches videos 95 of himself in the air and is very critical about his routines. I have to be. I want to be the best skysurfer around. My ultimate ambition is to win the world championships one day, he states firmly. actually is quite down-to-earth. Luckily, all his trips down to Earth have been gentle ones so far. But is there a voice of reason which speaks to him, ensuring that he does 55 not land with a THUD and SPLAT instead? I know this may sound strange, but I actually feel safer in the air. In the air, you 100 But for now, while he is practising, he also are the master of your own destiny. When tries to promote the sport. Some 28 000 you re on the ground, you have to always people in Australia did their first skydive last 60 look behind. Someone might steal your bag, year (only 20 did the same in Malaysia) and or you might get shot in a drive-by shooting. Paul believes this to be a good thing. It gets I feel more frightened being in a car driven 105 young people out of bad habits. It becomes by someone I don t know than being in the a lifestyle and a very good career prospect. I air, he pronounces emphatically. mean, look at me. I get paid to do something 65 When I m in the air, it s like being a kid all I truly love! over again. Like when you get your first He even demonstrates a sense of humour skateboard and you feel like you can do anything. You feel invincible. There are no 110 by offering this anecdote. I took this 85-year-old lady tandem jumping (jumping rules! he proclaims excitedly. off the plane strapped to an experienced 70 He calms down and adds, But you must skydiver) last year. And when we landed, you accept the reality of the sport and know what she said? She said it was boring! acknowledge that things can go wrong. 115 Can you believe it? I was speechless. Accept that it is your responsibility to take Regardless of what Grandma thought, the care of your own life whenever you jump. Malaysian audiences were left in raptures by 75 You must never get complacent. For me, I the team s performance. The show in Kota make sure I check my equipment is in order Kinabalu, Sabah, saw a turnout of 30 000. before I get on the plane. And I must be 120 In Kuching, Sarawak, there was a prepared mentally. 40 000-strong crowd and most recently, Life began, for the young Paul Smith, in 50 000 in Penang. 80 Sydney, Australia. As a kid, he reveals, he With this kind of response, nerves of steel was ever willing to have a go at anything and and easy access to the sport, who knows, everything. I have very fond memories of riding my pushbike, he says, and then 125 skydiving may just take off here. And those involved may just find the peace which quickly adds, . . . oh, and of course, falling Paul has found 10 000 feet up in the sky. 85 off it as well. Reproduced with permission of The Star, Malaysia. Question 1 continues on page 4 3 4 the climb history home FOR THE CLIMB OF YOUR LIFE SYDNEY BRIDGECLIMB photo gallery media careers corporates & groups news gift certificates booking your climb Question 1 (continued) Text two OVER THE TOP! Question 1 continues on page 5 To see a 360-degree panorama of the city of Sydney from the top of the bridge, click on the image of Sydney Harbour above. BREATHTAKING 360 degree view! over the top BRIDGECLIMBbridge the sydney harbour Question 1 (continued) Text three CLIFFHANGER (1993) Critical Comments Eye-popping photography, whiteknuckle stunts, a swift pace, and entertaining characters add up to what a well-made action film should be: tons of fun. Story is thin, though. Leonard Maltin Copyright clearance has not yet been received for this text (a poster advertising the film Cliffhanger). The best non-stop action picture of the year! Vernon Scott, UPI Spectacular, heart-thumping, throattightening, pulse-pounding, sweaty palms suspense. American Movie Classics Movies like this are machines for involving us and thrilling us. Cliffhanger is a fairly good machine. Robert Ebert, Chicago Sun Times Facts Production information Release date: 28 May 1993 (USA) Director: Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2) Writers: Michael France and Sylvester Stallone, with Ross LaManna, John McCormick and Michael Vickerman (all uncredited) Producers: Renny Harlin and Alan Marshall Associate Producers: Jim Davidson and Tony Munafo Co-producers: David Rotman, Gene Patrick Hines and James R. Zatolokin Executive Producer: Mario Kassar Co-executive Producer: Lynwood Spinks Original Music: Trevor Jones Distributor: Tristar Pictures Box office opening: $20.4 million (USA) Box office result: $84.0 million (USA) Worldwide box office: $255.0 million Budget: $65 million (USA) Set in Colorado, but filmed in Italy. The American Environmental Protection Agency wouldn t allow filming in America for fear of damage that could be left by the film crew. Question 1 continues on page 6 5 In this section you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the ways language shapes and expresses perceptions Marks Question 1 (continued) Text one (a) Why would many people consider Paul Smith s choice of career incredibly stupid (line 9)? 1 (b) Identify TWO perspectives Paul expresses about his sport. 2 (c) Identify ONE language technique used in paragraph 7 (lines 50 55). Describe its effect. 3 (d) How does this article on skydiving engage the responder? 4 Text two (e) 1 What is the purpose of Text two? Text three (f) Explain the meaning of heart-thumping, throat-tightening, pulse-pounding, sweaty palms suspense quoted in the Critical Comments. 2 Texts two and three (g) Compare the use of language, images and layout in Texts two and three. 6 Texts one, two and three (h) Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper giving your opinion on the increasing popularity of adventure activities. (Please do not use your real name, address or school name.) Write approximately 100 150 words. End of Question 1 6 6 Section II 20 marks Attempt Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the ways language shapes and expresses perceptions organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and context Question 2 (20 marks) Explain the ways perspectives are shaped by the composers in the texts you have studied this year. In your answer, you should refer to your TWO prescribed texts, ONE text from the prescribed stimulus booklet Changing and other related material. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart or Brian Caswell & David Phu An Chiem, Only the Heart or James Moloney, Gracey Drama Brian Clark, Whose Life is it Anyway? or Willy Russell, Educating Rita Question 2 continues on page 8 7 Question 2 (continued) Poetry Miroslav Holub, in Ken Watson (ed.), Imagined Corners * Brief Reflection on Accuracy * Brief Thoughts on Exactness * Brief Reflection on Laughter * Brief Thoughts on Laughter * Brief Thoughts on a Test-Tube * Brief Reflection on Test-Tubes * Minotaur s Thoughts on Poetry * The Minotaur s Thoughts on Poetry or Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle * Feliks Skrzynecki * 10 Mary Street * Crossing the Red Sea * Migrant hostel * Chronic ward * Kornelia Woloszczuk * Post card Media William Fitzwater, Through Australian Eyes Students choose any three of the series. Nonfiction Carmel Bird (ed.), The Stolen Children Their Stories End of paper 8 Board of Studies NSW 2002

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