Anglo-Chinese Junior College Jc2 Preliminary Examination 2008 General Paper
ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2008 GENERAL PAPER
Paper 1
Additional Materials: Answer Paper
8806/01
1 hour 30 minutes
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer one question. Note that 20 marks out of 50 will be awarded for your use of language. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions carry equal marks.
This document consists of 2 printed pages. GP 8806_1 ACJC 2008
Anglo-Chinese Junior College General Paper Department
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PAPER 1 Answer one question from this Paper. Answers should be between 500 and 800 words in length. 1. ‘In today’s knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you have learnt.’ Do you agree? 2. ‘The more educated one is, the less satisfied one is with life.’ How far do you agree? 3. ‘Poetry makes nothing happen’ (W.H Auden). To what extent can the arts bring about change in your society? 4. Should concern for man and his fate be the main priority of scientific endeavours? 5. Should we always extend kindness to others? 6. Examine the claim that our environment is ruined by greed. 7. Is courage necessarily a virtue? 8. ‘The empowerment of the individual has changed our world for the better.’ Do you agree? 9. ‘Harmony seldom makes a headline.’ Discuss this in relation to the mass media today. 10. ‘Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction’ (Blaise Pascal). How far is this true? 11. ‘Sport is human life in miniature.’ Discuss. 12. ‘Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.’ To what extent is this true of marriage today?
Paper 1
Additional Materials: Answer Paper
8806/01
1 hour 30 minutes
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer one question. Note that 20 marks out of 50 will be awarded for your use of language. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions carry equal marks.
This document consists of 2 printed pages. GP 8806_1 ACJC 2008
Anglo-Chinese Junior College General Paper Department
[Turn over]
2
PAPER 1 Answer one question from this Paper. Answers should be between 500 and 800 words in length. 1. ‘In today’s knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you have learnt.’ Do you agree? 2. ‘The more educated one is, the less satisfied one is with life.’ How far do you agree? 3. ‘Poetry makes nothing happen’ (W.H Auden). To what extent can the arts bring about change in your society? 4. Should concern for man and his fate be the main priority of scientific endeavours? 5. Should we always extend kindness to others? 6. Examine the claim that our environment is ruined by greed. 7. Is courage necessarily a virtue? 8. ‘The empowerment of the individual has changed our world for the better.’ Do you agree? 9. ‘Harmony seldom makes a headline.’ Discuss this in relation to the mass media today. 10. ‘Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction’ (Blaise Pascal). How far is this true? 11. ‘Sport is human life in miniature.’ Discuss. 12. ‘Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.’ To what extent is this true of marriage today?