Centre Number Student Number CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES 2009 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION English (Advanced) Paper 2 - Modules Morning Session Tuesday‚ 11 August 2009 Total marks - 60 Pages 2-4 General Instructions • Reading time - 5 minutes • Working time - 2 hours • • Write using blue or black pen Write your Centre Number and Student Number at the top of this page Attempt ONE question from Questions 3-7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section
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Old Madison Square Garden: Fond Recollections of a True Landmark From the world cup of soccer to the superbowl‚ people all throughout the world have dreams of being sport stars or even just meeting their favorite athlete. It is in some peoples mind‚ the ideal american dream. In a time known as the roaring twenties‚ people throughout New York were working toward the american dream. This dream included a more splendid lifestyle that allowed for freedom and fun. In the middle of the Manhattan burough
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weather or something trivial. Then‚ she tells the shopkeeper a little about her plans for the evening and he helps her decide what would be best for her soiree. Once in a while‚ her and Jeffrey will do very romantic things like‚ celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Paris. They walk in the open markets choosing out croissants‚ or sit at one of the cute little outdoor cafes‚ where they toast the day that they met with very special champagne that they still recall from their wedding day
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intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence. The U.S. joined because of the Spanish’s treatment of the Cubans and they blamed Spain for the sinking of the USS Maine. The war only lasted for ten weeks; however‚ the U.S. gained Hawaii as the fiftieth state and received Guam‚ Puerto Rico and the Philippines as territories. At the time‚ the U.S. was very jingoistic and thought they could just take what they wanted (B). This idea is what led to expanding outside of the continental U.S. The
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New Essays: Module A Any text‚ which highlights universal aspects of human nature to the respondent‚ will always retain its relevance throughout time because of the unshakeable constancy of human nature‚ this being our thoughts‚ emotions and desires‚ which often drive us to dark actions. The resurfacing of common elements of the human psyche in texts that are separated by time can be seen in the commonalities between Mary Shelley’s hybrid gothic science fiction tale “Frankenstein” which draws attention
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easy as it seems. Connotation- The implied meaning of the poem is that you should love life and live it to the fullest‚ it is a gift and you should embrace it when you have the chance because it doesn’t get any better when you grow older. When your fiftieth birthday comes people usually say you’re over the hill or you have hit the “Golden years”‚ at the end of the poem it says‚ “The Golden Years have come at last‚ The Golden Years can kiss my ass”‚ when I read this I interpret that it means that the
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leaving his phone behind‚ we have all had that moment where we dump out our bag or pat all of our pockets with alarm‚ fear and terror. What will we do without this electronic appendage? How will we function? What if we need to text a friend for the fiftieth time today with frivolous
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Connecticut. Ties of loyalty and interest bound him to this school for the rest of his life. Active in all its alumni work‚ he was‚ more specifically‚ for many years president of its board of trustees; in 1910‚ on the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the school‚ he delivered a discourse on its history; when shortly before his death it became necessary to house the school in new quarters‚ he was one of the largest‚ if not the largest‚ of the individual donors whose
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Colonists were not eager to leave England‚ it was considered the greatest government in the world. This was not a decision that was made lightly. Most of the assemblies in the colonies were worried to ask for a vote about independence. Rhode Island for example simply didn’t.³ The reasoning of this was that it would be a bad idea to show ununited colonies when the war was very much in full swing. There were events during the winter of 1775 that swung public opinion to pro-independence though. These
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In president Roosevelt’s speech “Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty” he describes the the promise of American as “...a unity in language and speech‚ in law and in economics‚ in education and in general purpose‚ which nowhere finds its match.’’ The promise of America is to have equal opportunity‚ unity‚ and liberty for all those who live in America. But only by the efforts and devotion of those who live in America can we make its freedom safer‚ make it richer
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