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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

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EXAMINATION

ENGLISH A

Paper 02 - General Proficiency

2 hours 40 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

l. This paper consists of FOUR sections: A, B, C and D.

2. Section A consists of ONE question. You MUST answer this question.

3. Section B consists of TWO questions. You MUST answer both questions from this
section.

4. Section C consists of THREE questions. You MUST answer ONE question from this
section.

5. Section D consists of TWO questions. You MUST answer ONE question from this
section.

6. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.

7. Do NOT write in the margins.

8. You are advised to take some time to read through the paper and plan your answers.

9. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the
original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back ofthis booklet.
Remember to draw a line through your original answer.

10. If you use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly in the
box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include the
question part beside the answer.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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SECTION A ,s
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and caribbean transnational crime .,:.i:::

l. Read the following magazine article on globalization l..I=
THAN 120 words' If this limit is
carefully and then writf a summary of it in NOT MORE
will be read and assessed' As far as possible ilZ
exceeded, only the first 120 words of your answer :.4
use your ownwords. Your summary should
be in continuous prose' i.'6

ln your answer you will be assessed on how well you

(a) were able to identify the main ideas and opinions

ini organized and expressed these ideas and opinions
used appropriate g.u-.,,u., sentence structure,
vocabulary, spelling and punctuation.
(c)
GlobalizationandtheRiseofCaribbeanTransnationalCrime
of worldwide interconnectedness'
Clobalization has resulted in the speeding up and spread
use technology to establish contact with far
It has caused the world to shrink in size, .in". *" can
1980s, international trade has tripled' and
distant places in minutes. The result is that since the
on our lives' One of the most intense and
many new or intensified influences have corne to bear
concerning influences is the criminal element'

Caribbean nationals have long been going to the UK

in search of opportunities' and
succeeded in irnproving conditions for ttrose bact
hon,e' Migration to the United Kingdom
and the migrants rerlitted significant sLlms to
alleviated the unemploiment problem in the region
opportunities inclrrde some of our citizens
their relatives in the Caribbean. Today, those seeking
prirnarily the overseas drug markets
who are attracted by the illegal opponunities. It is inaeed
that attract our professional criminals'
set out to take advantage of
Since the 1980s, Caribbean criminal networks have
the increased opportr"rnities for trade to make money
in illegal goods' by migrating to the
is a multirllillion dollar business. they are
markets - usA and UK. Given that the drug trade
no longer satisfied with being local producerslexporlers
ofjust cannabis' but seek to be directly
they have becorne lrlore organized and
involved in trading on all rnarkets. To make this hupp"n,
seen as a negative kind of globalization'
transnational in character. Transnational crirne may be
but it is driven by a rational pursuit of wealth'
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TransnationalcrimenetworkspresenttheCaribbeanandtlrosewhotradewiththeCaribbean is
instance' highly organized crime
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with serious economic, social, and political problerrrs' For t-

accompaniedbymajorviolence.andforthepeopleofthecaribbean,itdarnagestheirreputation
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abroad.ltresultsinnegativeStereotyping.marginalisation,andexclusion.
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Another problem is juvenile delinquency which comes from the growing number of
children abandoned by parents who travelled as drug couriers and are now imprisoned overseas.
In the UK. although the numbers are small, the impact is serous because it is concentrated in the
inner-city communities, populated by gangs that readily become substitute family.

In recent times, particularly since 2004, there has been cooperation between the UK and
the Caribbean on matters related to crime control and security. The cooperation is indicated in
different ways: British police have taken up senior positions in law enforcement in St Kitts, Nevis,
Jamaica. and Trinidad, for instance. Nationals in the various territories may see this development
as an indication that locally we have failed to devetop the appropriate level of professionalism,
but they also see it as a necessary act given the spread of globalization.

AdaptertJrom Anthony Harriott, "Yardies and Dons; Globalization and the Rise oJ
(.ctrihbean Transnational Crime", Jamaica Journal. VoL #30 No. 3, March/April 2007' p. #j1.

Total30 marks

SECTION A

You may make notes here. This will NOT be marked.

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SECTION B

(Suggested time: 40 minutes)

Answer ALL the questions in this section'

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Read the following poem carefully and then answer
all the questions that follow'

On Aging

When You see me sitting quietlY,

Like a sack left on the shelf,
Don't think I need Your chattering'
I'm listening to mYself-'
s Hold! StoP! Don't PitY me!
Hold! StoP Your sYmPathY!
Understanding if You got it'
Otherwise I'll do without it!

When mY bones are stifTand aching

lo And mY feet won't climb the stair'
I will onlY ask one favour:
Don't bring me no rocking chair'

When You see me walking, stumbling'

Don't studY and get it wrong,
15 'Cause tired don't mean lazY
And everY goodbYe ain't gone'
I'm the same Person I was back then'
A little tess hair, a little less chin,
A tot less lungs and much less wind'
20 But ain't I lucky I can still breathe in'
"On Aging
Adaptert-from Maya Angelou,
And Still I Rise. Virago Press'
Time Warner Books UK, 2003'

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(a) (i) What device is used in the phrase "Like a sack left on the shelf " (line 2)?

(1 mark)

(ii) What concern is the speaker expressing in this phrase?

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(c) Identify TWO aspects of the speaker's personality that are revealed in stanza2.

(2 marks)

(d) Quote the line where the speaker acknowledges the pain associated with aging.

(2 marks)

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poem?
(e) What are the TWO intentions of the speaker in the

(2 marks)

from the rest of the poem?

(0 In what way is the tone of lines 5-8 of the poem different

(2 marks)

the body?
G) According to stanza 3, what are TWO effects of aging on

(2 marks)

Total 15 marks

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Read the following passage carefully and then answer all the
questions that follow'

cult with no substance

Many people disrniss vegetarianisrn as if it's some fbrur of nlystic
not an insult in the book that
behind it, as if vegetarians are not quite right in the head' There's
hasn,t been levelled at me because I eat ditlerently tioni rnost
people. But' the catcalls and jibes are
lessening these days. Now, more and more people are starting
to listen to Lls' 'ntltty'vegetarians'
up with our philosophy' and the
because science. predicine and economics have finally caught
disciplines of tradition are realizing that the vegetarians make
sense.

ongoirrg investigation
It,s not me. but the Framingham Heari Study. the world's longest
on average' vegetarian nren
into heart disease and diet, which has run since 1949, that says that'
at Boston's Brigharlr &
outlive other American men by six years. It',s not me, but researchers
day. are two and a half times
l0 Women's Hospital who claimed that women who eat meat every
or not at all'
rnore likely to have colon cancer than women who eat meat sparingly.
is-not an option'
Throughout America, more and more people are realizing that as death
years, the number of vegetarians in
medically, a vegetarian diet makes more sense- ln the past ten
So,there'sonegood
theUSAhasalmostdoubledfrom6.5millionin 1985 tol2.4millionnow'
your lif'e' Many young people are finding
l5 reason for heeding this vegetarian argument - saving
plate. a huge acreage of Central
it unacceptable that, in ord-erto bring beef to the greatAmerican
provide grazing land for cattle' Our
and South American rainfbrest has been razed and cleared to
or Sor"rth Arrrerican beef"
kids need to know that for every 'quarter pounder' rnade from Central
six square yards of rainforest is hewn for pasture'
fiee up enough
If Arnericans reduce their intake of rneat by just l0 per cent, that would
40 rrillion starving people'
land, water and energy from growing livestock feed to adequately t-eed
And that's official from the Worldwatch Institute'
"Yor-r can't continue to
Vivek Menon, Wildlif-e Trust of lndia's executive director, said:
of the world's largest tigers'
let over a billion people live in such close proximity to 65 per cent
in Asia' These animals need
85 per cent of the elephants in Asia, and 9b per cent of the rhinos
space. I have only one solution: give them space'"

AdaptettJrom Lintlct McCarrney,

"My Nevr Fr<tnlier: The Puth ol the
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(a) What is the writer's purpose in this passage?

(2 marks)

(b) Identify ONE technique the writer uses to achieve this purpose.

(1 mark)

(c) What does the passage gain from the use of references to the "Framingham Heart Study",
"Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital" and the "Worldwatch Institute"?

(2 marks)

(d) Why does the writer repeat the expression "lt's not me" (lines 7 and 9)?

(2 marks)

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(e) Identify Two of the suggested benefits of a vegetarian lif-estyle.

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(f) What does the writer mean by the expression "death is not an option"

(2 marks)

(e) Identify ONE example of sarcasm in paragraph 3'

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(h) Why does the writer refer to the fact that "a huge acreage of Central and
rainforest" (lines I 6_17) has been razed and cleared?

(2 marks)

Total 15 marks

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account and headed to the airline office' Leesa

5. She withdrew the last of her savings from her bank
best thing to do'
Matheson had finally decided to get away - that would be the
(35 marks)
Write a story which includes these sentences'

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DESCRIPTION

He had returned home to visit his grandparents after

living abroad for nearly 30 years' This was
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how he fett as he rode the minibus through
not what he was expecting. Descri-be what he saw and
the city and also what heiaw and felt when he reached
his grandparents' (35 marks) home'

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SECTION C

Write your answer to the question you have chosen to answer in Section C here.
Remember to write your question number in the box provided below.

Question No.

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SECTION D

(Suggested time: 30 minutes)

Answer Question 7 or 8.

Your answer in this section should be approximately 250 to 300 words.

you MUST write in Standard English. There is a space for any notes you may wish to make. THESE
NOTES WILL NOT BE MARKED.

In your answer you will be assessed on

(a) clarity, organization and development of your argument

(b) correctness of gramma6 sentences, paragraphs, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation.

EITHER

7. "A smart phone? What is that? All I want is a phone to rnake and receive calls nothing else'
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That is enough!"

Write an essay EITHER supporting or opposing this view. (35 marks)

OR

8. "Every time I read the newspapers or watch and listen to the news, there are more stories about
the bad things happenirrg around the world. Why can't they repoft rnore on the positive things?"

Write an essay giving yolrr views on this statement. (35 marks)

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SECTION D

chosen to answer in Section D here'

write your answer to the question you have
Remember to write your question number in the box provided below.

Question No. continued

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