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General Certificate of Education
Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
8693/12
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Passages for Comment
October/November 2011
2 hours
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
*1304216344*
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Answer two questions.
You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.
DC (CB (NB)) 29212/3
© UCLES 2011
[Turn over
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Answer two questions.
1
The following magazine article describes the experiences of a special search led by Marcelo dos
Santos in the Amazon forest.
(a) Comment on the style and language of the passage.
[15]
(b) Later the writer publishes another article which describes another unusual meeting in another remote part of the world. Write the opening of the article (between 120–150 words). Base your answer closely on the style and language of the original extract.
[10]
The rumor was a wild one, and it seized Marcelo dos Santos with the power of a primary myth.
There’s an Indian living in the woods around here, some local ranch hands were saying in 1996. He wears no clothes. Get near him, and he vanishes. He is utterly alone …
The rumor’s trail led to a logging operation near a cattle ranch. Marcelo and
Altair, careful to sneak past the boss, found the company cook.
“Yeah, I’ve seen him,” the
w ap eP
m
e tr .X
w om .c
s er UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education
Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
8693/12
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Passages for Comment
October/November 2011
2 hours
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
*1304216344*
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Answer two questions.
You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.
DC (CB (NB)) 29212/3
© UCLES 2011
[Turn over
2
Answer two questions.
1
The following magazine article describes the experiences of a special search led by Marcelo dos
Santos in the Amazon forest.
(a) Comment on the style and language of the passage.
[15]
(b) Later the writer publishes another article which describes another unusual meeting in another remote part of the world. Write the opening of the article (between 120–150 words). Base your answer closely on the style and language of the original extract.
[10]
The rumor was a wild one, and it seized Marcelo dos Santos with the power of a primary myth.
There’s an Indian living in the woods around here, some local ranch hands were saying in 1996. He wears no clothes. Get near him, and he vanishes. He is utterly alone …
The rumor’s trail led to a logging operation near a cattle ranch. Marcelo and
Altair, careful to sneak past the boss, found the company cook.
“Yeah, I’ve seen him,” the