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NSW HSC 2007 : ENGLISH (ESL) PAPER 1

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2007 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 S ection I General Instructions Reading time 10 minutes 1 Working time 1 hours 2 Write using black or blue pen Pages 2 7 25 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 50 minutes for this section S ection II Pages 8 9 20 marks Attempt Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section 356 Section I 25 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 50 minutes for this section Answer the question in a 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, three and four carefully and then answer the questions on page 7. Text one Journal Entry Below is an edited extract from a personal narrative entitled Around the World in 18 Days Why I Quit the World Trek by Rick Klaus Theis. [...] DAY 17 e reached Belmopan before midday and purchased two $3 tickets for the four-hour ride to a sleepy fishing village called Dangriga. There was no shade anywhere, so we waited for our 1:30 pm departure in the sweltering sun. When the bus arrived a swarm of people pressed to the door to enter. 5 After twenty minutes in the crush, Jamila and I boarded and chose from among the only vacant seats, far down the back. W This rickety American school bus, long since declared unfit for service to schoolchildren, was the most uncomfortable yet. The seats were torn and hard and many of the windows didn t open. Inside the bus it was crowded and 10 airless. The bus driver blasted Latin love songs through big stereo speakers. My exhaustion and fatigue were back with a vengeance. A boom box roared a few seats away. People were handing packages and food in through the windows. I was hot and tired; I began to feel queasy. When all of the seats and overhead racks were full, I momentarily relaxed, assuming 15 we d soon be on our way. But that was not to be. Instead, the bus took on more passengers and cargo and it got hotter. Question 1 continues on page 3 2 Question 1 (continued) Soon I felt penned in by the people standing in the aisles and the packages they carried or balanced on the seats. I turned to Jamila and shared: I m 20 beginning to feel claustrophobic. You d better get used to it, Klaus. This is how all of the buses will be from now on, she coldly replied. Jamila apparently didn t feel my pain. When the aisles were full I was relieved. Surely we d depart now. Yet a seemingly endless stream of people and packages flowed in as the metal bus 25 was further baked by the sun. Packages that were piled up on the seat next to me and in front of me stole the light and blocked the scant air entering from the few windows that would open. I was literally walled in by people and packages. No light. No air. No space. Only stifling heat. My chest tightened and I couldn t get a breath. I felt out of control, 30 otherworldly; I was horrified by the thought of riding for one hour, let alone four, under these conditions. I made a decision to leave the bus. I repeatedly apologised as I crawled over and through the glut of people between me and the school bus door. I went around the bus to Jamila's window, told her I would be finding other means of transportation, and had her hand me my day 35 pack. Then, through the emergency exit, I removed my backpack from the rear of the bus. Jamila got off the bus, too. We discussed the situation, and she assured me that such cramped conditions were the norm, not the exception in Central America. I trusted the sincerity of her statement since she had travelled here 40 before. But what of Africa, India, China? Could the conditions there be much better? Armed with that information, I thought hard about my future with the World Trek. [ ] Rick Klaus Theis Question 1 continues on page 4 3 Question 1 (continued) Text two Newspaper feature focal point Steve Christo, photographer was day or night, but he says he became more aware of how much Sydney s natural light changes throughout the day. Sydneysiders spend many of their waking hours in their vehicles, observing the world through a car window. Herald photographer Steve Christo set out to chart the car s-eye-view many of us take for granted. The drive-by series was mostly taken at about 40 to 60 km/h as Christo drove to and from jobs or his home. My only requirement was that there were people around. I wanted to record just how people move through the city. His job takes him to all parts of the city at all hours. Instead of life moving in front of me, I was on the move and it was standing still, he says. The photo of three schoolboys and a one-way sign is one of his favourites in the city centre: the juxtaposition was really happy . Every time I thought there was a good picture in it, I d just hang the camera out the window and shoot. He didn t care if it Steve Christo/Fairfaxphotos Question 1 continues on page 5 4 Question 1 (continued) Text three Safety notice Don t get caught . . . in the doors! When the whistle or closing doors signal sounds, don t attempt to board the train. This is extremely dangerous the doors don t stay open like lift doors if you try and block them. Not only could you be seriously injured or dragged, but interfering with train doors is an offence carrying a maximum penalty of $1100. www.cityrail.info For terms and conditions of carriage please see posters at your station and/or visit www.cityrail.info Reproduced with Permission of Railcorp Question 1 continues on page 6 5 Question 1 (continued) Text four Extract from a feature article Australian journalist Mark Mordue reflects on his conversation with historian Peter Read about journeys. Awaiting copyright Question 1 continues on page 7 6 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 Journal entry (a) What journey is Klaus writing about in this extract? 1 (b) Conditions on the bus were uncomfortable. Give two examples that show this. 2 (c) 4 Explain how language is used in the extract to communicate the feelings that led Klaus to get off the bus. In your answer, refer to AT LEAST TWO examples. Text two Newspaper feature (d) What ideas about journeys are conveyed in Steve Christo s photographs? 2 Text two Newspaper feature and Text three Safety notice (e) Compare the use of language, images and layout to achieve different purposes in Text two and Text three. 4 Text four Extract from a feature article (f) Identify and interpret ONE metaphor OR simile used in the extract. (g) In your OWN words, summarise ONE of the ways of thinking about journeys presented in the extract. 2 2 Texts one, two, three and four (h) Compose an entry for a creative writing competition in which you describe a real or imagined journey. The title of your entry is Memories come from stops along the way . . . Use ideas and/or information from AT LEAST TWO of the texts (Text one, Text two, Text three, Text four). Write 200 words or less. End of Question 1 7 8 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 how representations of people s experiences in the texts you have studied have given you insight into the concept of the journey. In your answer, refer to your TWO prescribed texts and ONE text from the prescribed stimulus booklet, Journeys. You may refer to other related texts of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Allan Baillie, The China Coin or Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem, Only the Heart or Peter Goldsworthy, Maestro Drama Brian Clark, Whose Life is it Anyway? or Scott Rankin and Leah Purcell, Box the Pony Question 2 continues on page 9 8 Question 2 (continued) Poetry Ken Watson (ed.), Imagined Corners * Sujata Bhatt, The One Who Goes Away * Ivan Lalic, Of Eurydice * Gwyneth Lewis, Fax X * Mudrooroo, A Righteous Day * J nos Pilinszky, The French Prisoner * Vittorio Sereni, A Dream * Xuan Quynh, Worried Over the Days Past or Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle * Immigrants at Central Station, 1951 * Feliks Skrzynecki * Crossing the Red Sea * Leaving home * Migrant hostel * A drive in the country * Post card Media William Fitzwater, Through Australian Eyes * China * India * Greece Film Phillip Noyce, Rabbit-Proof Fence End of paper 9

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