w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om 0500/23 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) Additional Materials: *3559230415* October/November 2010 2 hours 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
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I plan to prepare for medical school by taking the required undergraduate courses for admission. However‚ because the University allows individuals planning on continuing pre-professional studies to select a major within any department of the college‚ I plan to declare a major in psychology with a concentration then in the field of neurological research. My life has been greatly influenced by the fact that I have twin cousins afflicted with severe autism. Therefore‚ my interest lies in this research
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The boy that I felt the most sympathy for in The History Boys would have to be Posner. The portrayal of his character compared to that of the other boys is entirely different. Throughout the play‚ Posner is shown to be an outsider; "too young" to understand most things‚ and even to be included in Hector’s inappropriate behaviour. It is evident from the start that Posner has feelings towards Dakin‚ however Dakin’s behaviour towards Posner is far from romantic‚ hence we can sense that he doesn’t return
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DISCUSS FULLY THE CONCEPT OF VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS‚ SHOW HOW AN ORGANISATION OF YOUR CHOICE CAN UTILISE THE CONCEPT OF VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS TO BETTER SERVE THEIR CHOSEN MARKETS. This essay will explain the value chain analysis as a tool that is used by management to establish what they can do and how they can do it to add more value to the customer experience. Our case study is going to be Bakers Inn a subsidiary of Innscor Africa Limited. Bakers Inn opened its first retail outlet in Harare
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Threats & Opportunities During 2000 & 2001‚ Giordano had been facing a serious of challenges‚ like intensifying competition‚ rising unemployment rate‚ which had increased to 4.5% in March 2001. Moreover‚ economic growth in Asian countries was predicted to drop during that period of time. The management believed that the Group profit was at risk if the growth of its two major markets‚ Hong Kong & Taiwan‚ slowed down in consequence. Giordano management decided to continue its multi-region development
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How is conflict and violence presented in The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy? The Man He Killed‚ is a poem wich was written in 1902 by Thomas Hardy. The peom is about the boer war wich took place between Great brittan and South Africa. Hardy wasn’t actually in the boer was‚ however i think he got his quates of other people’s opinions. " Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn‚ We should have set us down to wet Right many a nipperkin! In the first stanza‚ some one is talking but we don’t
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Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in 1818. This was an era when Romantics; a group of people who believed that you shouldn’t play around with nature. Mary Shelley uses various types of language to create atmosphere throughout the chapter. Shelley uses metaphors such as‚’ my candle was nearly burnt out’‚ This has a double meaning: that his candle is actually burning low on its wick and that Frankenstein has been running out of time and patience while creating the creature‚ which has led him
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Explore the ways in which Armitage vividly portrays a relationship with a parent in Mother‚ any distance greater than a single span. Remember to support your ideas with details from your chosen poem Armitage shows that the speaker and the mother in the poem have a strong relationship. At the start of the poem he shows a strong bond shown between the mother and child‚ even though they aren’t together‚ this is shown in the quotation; “Mother‚ any distance greater than a single span requires a second
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Comparing the female characters in the short stories The Drover’s Wife by Henry Lawson and The Chosen Vessel by Barbara Baynton. • Brief biography of Henry Lawson and Barbara Baynton. • The Drover’s wife was published in the Bulletin in 1892 and The Chosen Vessel in 1896. • From the 1900s to the onset of WW1‚ pioneers made their homes in the dangerous outback of Australia. • Pioneering women are left alone to encounter the scourge of nature ( examples). The women became principal caregivers
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Personification ‘Sickly daylight break The Chosen Vessel Related Text for Henry Lawson’s‚ ‘The Drover’s Wife’ by Barbra Baynton Similar to ‘The Drover’s Wife’ in that the main character is: Isolated In need to survive Living in poverty Living in a male dominated society Husband is away Though it is different in that the main character is abused by her husband upon his return. The drover’s wife goes away and spends time with her husband whilst in the chosen vessel hardly any time is spent between the couple
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