Intelligen Essay

ceGCSE
150/02
ENGLISH
FOUNDATION TIER
PAPER 2
P.M. WEDNESDAY, 18 May 2011
2 hours

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Resource Material for use with Section A.
A 12 page answer book.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Answer all questions in Sections A and B.
Write your answers in the separate answer book provided.
You are advised to spend your time as follows:
Section A – about 50 minutes
Section B
Q. B1 – about 35 minutes
Q. B2 – about 35 minutes

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
Section A (Reading): 40 marks.
Section B (Writing): 40 marks.
The number of marks is given in brackets at the end of each question or part-question.
CJ*(S11-0150-02)

Turn over.

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SECTION A:

40 marks

Answer all the following questions.
The Resource Material for use with Section A is a newspaper article, “
Antarctic Adventure”.
The extract on the opposite page is from a book by Ben Fogle, “Race to the Pole”.

Look at the newspaper article, “Antarctic Adventure” in the separate Resource Material.
A1. Using information from the first two columns, list ten of the problems the men faced on their expedition. [10]

Look at the rest of the newspaper article (from ‘They burnt up to 9,000 calories ...’ to the end of the article).
A2. What did the men do to help themselves get through the hardships of the expedition?

[10]

Now look at the extract on the opposite page, taken from Ben Fogle’s book, “Race to the Pole”.
A3. How does Ben Fogle show the problems he had coping with the extreme conditions of the expedition? You should consider:
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what he says; how he says it.

[10]

To answer the following question you need to use the extract on the opposite page and the first column only from the newspaper article.
A4. (a)
(b)

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Write down five things the book extract says about Ben Fogle’s thoughts and