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ENGLISHHIGHERClose ReadingText

There are TWO passages and questions.

Read the passages carefully and then answer all the questions, which are printed in a separatebooklet.

You should read the passages to:

understand what the writers are saying about the Olympic Games (UnderstandingU);

analyse their choices of language, imagery and structures to recognise how they convey thewriters points of view and contribute to the impact of the passages (AnalysisA);

evaluate how effectively they have achieved their purpose (EvaluationE).

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PASSAGE 1

Permission has been refused to publish this passage.


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PASSAGE 2

James Lawton, writing in The Independent newspaper just before the 2004 Olympic Games in

Athens, considers the Olympics in the light of drug scandals.

A CHILL IN THE SUNLIGHT

I you stand on the Acropolis you can see the new stadia glinting in the erce sunlight,

and you understand why the Greeks are so proud o staging the 2004 Olympics. A

gnarled old man with a fowing moustache welcomes you to the soil o Zeus and says

you are going to enjoy the best days o your lie. He says he has never elt so much pride.

So why dont you eel his warmth? Why is it so hard to share in the joy o a people

who believe so ervently they have delved into their past, at potentially ruinous cost, and

ound the best o themselves? It is because it is hard to warm your hands or your heart

on a lie, the stupendous, never-ending lie which the Olympics have become and which

no amount o breath-taking ceremony and superb sports architecture can obscure.

I you think that is too bleak a view, that people who care about sport as a metaphoror some o the most inspiring qualities in lie have a duty to believe in the Olympics,

where have you been or the last 30 years or, or that matter, the last 30 hours? Here,

a ew days beore the Olympic fame shoots up towards the ancient gods, is the latest

smorgasbord o drug cheats: an Irish distance runner who was suddenly carving vast

chunks out o his personal best times, an American sprinter, a Swiss cyclist, a Spanish

canoeist, a Kenyan boxer.

It is the Spanish canoeist who perhaps shocks the most. We know about the impurities

o athletics. We know about cycling and its serial drug scandals. But a canoeist! Why,

Jovano Gonzalez, why? Not or the big money that ollows an athletics or cycling medal,

we know that. For what then? Maybe to show your children, and their children, amedal that you would always know was alse.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Close Reading Passage 1Text is adapted rom The Meaning of Sport by Simon Barnes,

ISBN 978 1 904977 85 8. Permission is reused to by Short Books.

Close Reading Passage 2Article is adapted rom Why Believers in Olympic Dream make

Dopes of us all by James Lawton, taken rom The Independent, 11 August 2004. Permission

is being sought rom The Independent.


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ENGLISHHIGHERClose ReaingQuestions

Answer all questions.

50 marks are allocated to this paper.

A code letter (U, A, E) is used alongside each question to give some indication of the skills beingassessed. The number of marks attached to each question will give some indication of the lengthof answer required.

When answering questions coded UUnderstanding, use your own words as far as is

reasonably possible and do not simply repeat the wording of the passage.

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Questions on Passage 1

You are reminded of the instruction on the front cover:

When answering questions coded UUnderstanding, use your own words as far

as is reasonably possible and do not simply repeat the wording of the passage.

1. Read lines 16.

(a) Give any two reasons why, according to the writer, people watch sport.

(b) Show how the sentence structure in this paragraph suggests the

difculty o answering the question everyone asks him about sport.

2. Show how the writers use o language in lines 712 clarifes his defnition o

big sporting events.

3. Reerring to lines 1319, explain the writers revelation (line 13).

4. Show how the writers use o language in lines 2028 highlights the scale o

the media operation at the Sydney Olympic Games.

In your answer you should reer to such eatures as sentence structure, word

choice, imagery . . .

5. Explain why, according to lines 2934, ew people in Britain realise the true

scale o the Olympic Games.

6. Read lines 3540.

Explain how the writers reerence to curling helps to clariy his main point

in this paragraph.

7. Show how the writers use o language in lines 4146 conveys the extreme

pressure on competitors in the Olympic Games.

8. Show how the writers use o language in lines 4756 emphasises his belie

that the Olympic Games is more signifcant than any other sporting event.

In your answer you should reer to such eatures as imagery, word choice,

contrast, sentence structure . . .

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Marks Code

2 U

2 A

2 A

2 U

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2 U

2 U

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Questions on Passage 2

You are reminded of the instruction on the front cover:

When answering questions coded UUnderstanding, use your own words as far

as is reasonably possible and do not simply repeat the wording of the passage.

9. (a) Give any two reasons rom lines 19 why the Greeks are so proud o

staging the 2004 Olympics (line 2).

(b) Show how the writers use o language in lines 59 conveys his negative

view o the Olympic Games.

10. Read lines 1021.

(a) Why do some people believe that there is a duty to believe in the

Olympics (line 11)?

(b) Explain why the writer fnds the drug-cheating o Jovano Gonzalez

particularly difcult to comprehend.

(c) Show how the writers use o language in lines 1021 emphasises his

eelings about drug cheats.

In your answer you should reer to such eatures as tone, sentence

structure, imagery, word choice . . .


(a) Explain why, according to the writer, competitors choose to take drugs.

(b) Show how the writers mood o disillusionment is conveyed by hisword choice in these lines.


(a) Reerring to specifc words and/or phrases, show how the sentence

But nowadays . . . alse. (lines 3536) perorms a linking unction in

the writers argument.

(b) Why, according to lines 3544, was Ben Johnsons cheating so

signifcant?

(c) Show how the writers word choice in lines 3844 (He took us . . .

caught.) creates a powerul contrast between Johnson in triumph and

Johnson in disgrace.

13. How eective do you fnd the fnal paragraph (lines 4549) as a conclusion to

the writers exploration o the Olympic lie in the passage as a whole? You

may reer in your answer to ideas or to language or to both.

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Marks Code

2 U

2 A

2 U

2 U

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2 A

2 U

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Question on both Passages

14. Consider the attitude displayed by each writer towards the Olympic Games.

Identiy key areas o agreement and disagreement in their points o view. You

should support your answer by reerring to important ideas in the passages.

You may present your answer to this question in continuous prose or in a

series o developed bullet points.

Marks Code

5 U/E

(5)

Total (50)

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ENGLISHHIGHERCritical Essa

Answer two questions.

Each question must be taken from a different section.

Each question is worth 25 marks.

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Answer TWO questions rom this paper. Each question must be chosen rom a

dierent Section (AE). You are not allowed to choose two questions rom the same

Section.

In all Sections you may use Scottish texts.

Write the number o each question in the margin o your answer booklet and begin

each essay on a resh page.

You should spend about 45 minutes on each essay.

The following will be assessed:

therelevanceofyouressaystothequestionsyouhavechosen,andtheextenttowhich

yousustainanappropriatelineofthought

your knowledgeandunderstandingof keyelements, central concerns andsignicant

detailsofthechosentexts,supportedbydetailedandrelevantevidence

yourunderstanding,asappropriatetothequestionschosen,ofhowrelevantaspectsof

structure/style/language contribute to themeaning/effect/impact of thechosen texts,

supportedbydetailedandrelevantevidence

yourevaluation,asappropriatetothequestionschosen,oftheeffectivenessofthechosen

texts,supportedbydetailedandrelevantevidence

thequalityofyourwrittenexpressionandthetechnicalaccuracyofyourwriting.

SECTION ADRAMA

Answers to questions on drama should address relevantly the central concern(s)/theme(s)

o the text and be supported by reerence to appropriate dramatic techniques such as: conict,

characterisation, key scene(s), dialogue, climax, exposition, dnouement, structure, plot,setting, aspects o staging (such as lighting, music, stage set, stage directions . . .), soliloquy,

monologue . . .

1. Chooseaplayinwhichacharactershowssignsofinstabilityatoneormorethanonekey

pointintheplay.

Explainthereason(s)forthecharactersinstabilityanddiscusshowthisfeatureaddsto

yourunderstandingofthecentralconcern(s)oftheplay.

2. Choose aplay inwhichan important part isplayed byone of the following: crime,

punishment,retribution.

Show how the dramatist explores the issue and discuss its importance to your

understandingofcharacterand/orthemeintheplayasawhole.

3. Choosefromaplayascenewhichyoundamusingormovingordisturbing.

Explainhowthesceneprovokesthisresponseanddiscusshowthisaspectofthescene

contributestoyourunderstandingoftheplayasawhole.

4. Choose a play inwhich a central characters changing view of himself/herself is an

importantfeature.

Showhowthedramatistmakesyouawareofthecharacterschangingviewofhimself/

herselfanddiscusshowthisaffectsyourunderstandingofthecharacterintheplayasa

whole.

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SECTION BPROSE

Prose Fiction

Answers to questions on prose fction should address relevantly the central concern(s)/theme(s)

o the text(s) and be supported by reerence to appropriate techniques o prose fction such as:

characterisation, setting, key incident(s), narrative technique, symbolism, structure, climax,plot, atmosphere, dialogue, imagery . . .

5. Choose a novelorshort storywhichexploreslossorfutilityorfailure.

Discusshowthewriterexploresoneoftheseideasinawayyoundeffective.

6. Choose a novelinwhichamaincharacterrefusestoacceptadviceortoconformto

expectations.

Explainthecircumstancesoftherefusalanddiscussitsimportancetoyourunderstanding

ofthecharacterinthenovelasawhole.

7. Choose a novelinwhichaparticularmoodisdominant.

Explain how the novelist creates this mood and discuss how it contributes to your

appreciationofthenovelasawhole.

8. Choose a novelorshort storyinwhichthereisacharacterwhoisnotonlyrealisticasa

personbutwhohassymbolicsignicanceinthetextasawhole.

Showhowthewritermakesyouawareofbothaspectsofthecharacter.

Prose Non-fction

Answers to questions on prose non-fction should address relevantly the central concern(s)/

theme(s) o the text and be supported by reerence to appropriate techniques o prose non-

fction such as: ideas, use o evidence, selection o detail, point o view, stance, setting, anecdote,

narrative voice, style, language, structure, organisation o material . . .

9. Choose a non-fction textwhichyouconsidertobeasuccessfulblendofnarrationand

observation.

Showhowthewritersuccessfullyblendsnarrationandobservation,anddiscusshowthisblendcontributestoyourappreciationofthetextasawhole.

10. Choose a non-fction texttheconclusionofwhichyouthinkisparticularlyeffective.

Explainwhyyoundtheconclusiontobesoeffective.

11. Choose a non-fction textwhichengagesyounotonlyintellectuallybutalsoemotionally.

Showhowthewritersuccessfullyengagesbothyourmindandyouremotions.

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SECTION CPOETRY

Answers to questions on poetry should address relevantly the central concern(s)/theme(s) o

the text(s) and be supported by reerence to appropriate poetic techniques such as: imagery,

verse orm, structure, mood, tone, sound, rhythm, rhyme, characterisation, contrast, setting,

symbolism, word choice . . .

12. Chooseapoemwhichfeaturesacomplexcharacter.

Showhowthecomplexityofthecharacterispresentedanddiscusshowsignicantthis

aspectofcharacterisationistotheimpactofthepoem.

13. Choose a poem in which aspects of structure (such as verse form, rhyme, metre,

repetition,climax,contrast,narrativedevelopment)playasignicantrole.

Showhowthepoetusesat least twostructuralfeaturestoenhanceyourappreciation

ofthepoemasawhole.

14. Choose twopoemswhichapproachasimilarthemeindifferentways.

Explainthenatureofthesedifferentapproachesanddiscusswhichapproachleads,in

youropinion,tothemorepleasingpoem.

15. Chooseapoemwhichexploreseithertheproblemsofgrowingolder orthejoysof

beingyoung.

Showhowthepoetpresentstheseaspectsanddiscusstowhatextentshe/hesucceedsin

deepeningyourunderstandingofthem.

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SECTION DFILM AND TV DRAMA

Answers to questions on flm and TV drama should address relevantly the central concern(s)/

theme(s) o the text(s) and be supported by reerence to appropriate techniques o flm and TV

drama such as: key sequence(s), characterisation, conict, structure, plot, dialogue, editing/

montage, sound/soundtrack, aspects o mise-en-scne (such as lighting, colour, use o camera,

costume, props . . .), mood, setting, casting, exploitation o genre . . .

16. Choose a flm or TV drama*whichexplorestheexperienceofwar.

Showhowthelmorprogrammemakersexploretheexperienceanddiscusstowhat

extenttheyaresuccessfulindeepeningyourunderstandingofimportantaspectsofwar.

17. Choose a flm or TV drama*inwhichsymbolismisanimportantfeature.

Show how the lm or programme makers create this symbolism and discuss its

importancetoyourunderstandingofthetextasawhole.

18. Choose a flm or TV drama*setinarestrictedenvironmentsuchasanisland,aship,

aprison,ahospital,avillage,ahouse,aroom...

Show how the lm or programmemakers use of this setting contributes to your

understandingofcharacterandtheme.

19. Choose a flm or TV drama*whichexploresasocial,environmentalormoralissue.

Brieyexplaintheissueandgoontoshowhowthelmorprogrammemakersexplore

itinawayyoundeffective.

*TVDramaincludesasingleplay,aseriesoraserial.

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SECTION ELANGUAGE

Answers to questions on language should address relevantly the central concern(s) o the language

research/study and be supported by reerence to appropriate language concepts such as: register,

jargon, tone, vocabulary, word choice, technical terminology, presentation, illustration, accent,

grammar, idiom, slang, dialect, structure, point o view, orthography, abbreviation . . .

20. Considersomeofthewayslanguageisevolvingasaresultofadvancesincommunication

technology.

Basing your answer on specicexamples,discuss towhat extent theseadvances are

improvingorimpedingcommunication.

21. Considerthespokenlanguageofaparticulargeographicalarea.

Identifysomeofthecharacteristicsofthelanguageanddiscusstowhatextentitenhances

communicationforthepeopleofthatarea.

22. Considerthelanguageofpersuasionusedinadvertisingorinpolitics.

Discussseveralwaysinwhichthelanguageyouhavechosenattemptstobepersuasive.

23. Consideraspectsoflanguageassociatedwithaparticulargroupinsocietywhichshares

aprofessionalorleisureactivity.

Identifysomeexamplesofthelanguageusedanddiscusshowtheseexamplesfacilitate

communicationwithinthegroup.

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