Mock Exam Paper 3 – No tier First Language English Paper 3 Directed Writing and Composition October/November 2013 Answer two questions: Question 1 in Section 1 and one question from Section 2. 1 0522 2 hours Mock Exam Paper 3 – No Tier Section 1: Directed Writing Letter from Burma: trunk work In the Burmese jungle, elephants play a valued role in the local logging industry – but poachers lie in wait I have a passion for elephants. From time to time I have ridden one – as tourists do – but I wanted to see them working and from Toungoo, south of Mandalay in Burma, I could: here there are 56 working elephants. My first pleasant surprise was that I would be riding one. Her name was Aye Min and I could watch proceedings from her high vantage point. The day was perfect: no rain, no sun, not too hot: idyllic elephant-­‐watching weather. I learned from Aye Min's sin oozie that domesticated elephants are not good breeders. They bear on average one calf every seven or eight years and some females never bear a calf. So villagers catch young wild elephants, and train them. They start work when they are 14 or 15. By 60, they no longer haul timber, but remain in the village doing odd jobs. As a rule, the elephants are let loose at night to forage in the jungle. They plaster themselves with mud against insect bites, so the sin oozie must bathe his mount each morning before they start work. We watched as he made his elephant comfortable with several layers of softened tree bark and then a cradle. Contrary to what I imagined, the cradle was not for the sin oozie to sit on. It is for attaching chains – essential to haul the logs. I found there were three stages to cutting down and bringing out logs. First they cut, pulled and pushed from the top to halfway down the mountain. Only when the top timber was clear did they start on the second stage. You can't have tree trunks weighing 3,000kg, with a diameter of perhaps a metre, rolling at top speed down the mountainside. The second stage was to cut and pull down to the shallow stream. The last stage seemed the easiest -­‐ pulling the timber along the stream, but then the elephants had to climb the steep slope to the village, trudging their way back through knee-­‐high mud. Four elephants joined Aye Min and silently gazed ahead. They were watching the sin gaung, or elephant group leader. He was measuring the felled trees seemingly to match the size, strength and capability of each elephant. A youth, with nothing on his feet, stepped up beside the sin gaung and revved the chainsaw. I jumped but the elephants were used to the noise. The sin gaung rolled a short piece of cut timber to one side and the barefoot chainsaw youth attached the chains to the nearest elephant. Her oozie bounced up and down on her head shouting encouragement. He made clicking noises that the elephants can 2 understand. With a thunderous bellow and tail horizontal, the elephant heaved forward: the log was on its way. Elephants can consume up to 500kg of vegetation every 24 hours. But recently, poachers have been killing elephants here for their tusks, skin and trunks. The police caught one poacher but until the rest are found, the elephants must stay safely in their villages at night. Only then will they be allowed to return to the jungle and eat their fill Judyth Gregory-­‐Smith, Guardian 1st October 2013 World Wildlife Fund Fact File The largest land mammal on earth, the African elephant weighs up to eight tons. The elephant is distinguished by its massive body, large ears and a long trunk, which has many uses ranging from using it as a hand to pick up objects, as a horn to trumpet warnings, an arm raised in greeting to a hose for drinking water or bathing. Asian elephants differ in several ways from their African relatives. They are much smaller in size and their ears are straight at the bottom, unlike the large fan-­‐shape ears of the African species. Only some Asian male elephants have tusks. All African elephants, including females, have tusks. Elephants are either left or right-­‐tusked and the one they use more is usually smaller because of wear and tear. The Asian elephant has four toes on the hind foot and five on the forefoot, while the African elephant has three on the hind foot and five on the forefoot. Led by a matriarch, elephants are organized into complex social structures of females and calves, while male elephants tend to live in isolation. A single calf is born to a female once every 4-­‐5 years and after a gestation period of 22 months—the longest of any mammal. These calves stay with their mothers for years and are also cared for by other females in the group. The two species of elephants—African and Asian—need extensive land to survive. Roaming in herds and consuming hundreds of pounds of plant matter in a single day, both species of elephant require extensive amounts of food, water and space. As a result, these large mammals place great demands on the environment and often come into conflict with people in competition for resources. WWF 3 1. Read carefully the article by Judyth Gregory-­‐Smith and the fact file from the World Wild Life Fund about Elephants. Then answer section 1, question 1 on this question paper. Write a speech on whether Elephants should be used for work, expressing your views on what you have read. You may agree or disagree with the writer’s point of view. In your letter you should: • Explain the main views • Express your own view Base your speech on what you read in the article, but be careful to use your own words. Begin your speech with… Ladies and Gentlemen Write between 1 ½ and 2 sides, allowing for the size of your handwriting. 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Section 2: Composition Write about two sides, allowing for the size of your handwriting, on one of the following questions. Up to 13 marks are available for the content and the structure of your answer, and up to 12 marks for the style and accuracy of your writing. 2. Argumentative/Discursive Writing (a) Teenagers are generally rude. Give your views OR (b) Explain why Teenagers can be misunderstood 3. Descriptive writing (a) Describe a walk through a shady wood OR (b) Describe a place that is vibrant and happy 4. Narrative writing (a) Write a story about a secret OR (b) “Help me…” Use this sentence to start your story 7 ............................................................................................................
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