English Language Questions: Bankrupt Man
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
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8693/01
May/June 2008 2 hours
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Passages for Comment Additional Materials:
*6743318543*
Answer Booklet/Paper
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.
SP (SJF4547) T40879/2 © UCLES 2008
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2 Answer two questions.
1
In the passage below the writer takes a comic look at how a man whom he would expect to be ashamed of his situation appears to prosper and grow in status. (a) Comment on the style and language of the passage. [15]
(b) The writer publishes a further portrait of another type of character who provokes strong feelings in him. Basing your answer closely on the style of the extract, write the opening (between 120-150 words) of his description. [10]
The bankrupt man dances. Perhaps, on other occasions, he sings. Certainly he spends money in restaurants and tips generously. In what sense, then, is he bankrupt? He has been declared so. He has declared himself so. He returns from the city agitated and pale, complaining of hours spent with the lawyers. Then he pours himself a drink. How does he pay for the liquor inside the drink, if he is bankrupt? He is dancing at the Chilblains Relief Association Fund Ball. His heels kick high. The mauve
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
.c rs om
8693/01
May/June 2008 2 hours
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Passages for Comment Additional Materials:
*6743318543*
Answer Booklet/Paper
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.
SP (SJF4547) T40879/2 © UCLES 2008
[Turn over
2 Answer two questions.
1
In the passage below the writer takes a comic look at how a man whom he would expect to be ashamed of his situation appears to prosper and grow in status. (a) Comment on the style and language of the passage. [15]
(b) The writer publishes a further portrait of another type of character who provokes strong feelings in him. Basing your answer closely on the style of the extract, write the opening (between 120-150 words) of his description. [10]
The bankrupt man dances. Perhaps, on other occasions, he sings. Certainly he spends money in restaurants and tips generously. In what sense, then, is he bankrupt? He has been declared so. He has declared himself so. He returns from the city agitated and pale, complaining of hours spent with the lawyers. Then he pours himself a drink. How does he pay for the liquor inside the drink, if he is bankrupt? He is dancing at the Chilblains Relief Association Fund Ball. His heels kick high. The mauve