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2009 English Independent Trial Paper PDF
2009 English Independent Trial Paper PDF
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English
and(Advanced)
(Standard)
Paper1 - Area of Study
2009
EXAMINATION
TRIAL HIGHERSCHOOLCERTIFICATE
Total marks - 45
F."ti""l Pages2_7
15marks
General Instructions . AttemptQuestion1
. Allow about40 minutesfor this section
. Readingtime * 10 minutes
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STUDENT
STUDENTNUMBERA{AME:
SectionI
15 marks
Attempt Question 1
Allow about 40 minutes for this section
Examine Texts one, two, three and four carefully and then answerthe questionson
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Who knew that the conceptbehind Ten GreenBottles Hanging on the Wall would dominatea
decadeof television? TheApprentire, Popstars,American ldol, andMy RestaurantRules make
meaty TV of dasheddreamsand brutal elimination. As fundamentalnow to TV as a bodily
function, the processof elimination took centrestageall week.
As the last two greenbottlespreparedto burst with anticipationthe battle lines were drawn. We
saw the divided camps: chefsand Brisbaneevicteesparkedin Melbourne.Every otherprevious
evictee gangedup in Perth.When the time came,the blow was dealt swiftly and we enjoyeda
good 20 minutes of devastationin Melboume afterwards.
The losers,gulping, sobbingand shockedin Melboume told the story. The highs and lows of
.We've
hospitality and reality telly. Has it only beenfive months? beenthrough so much with
theseyoung entrepreneurs.They've annoyedand disappointedus on so many levels that I remain
unconvincedany of them deserveda lemonadestand,let alonea restaurant.
But we all had our say. While seriousfans and critics were furious about the result (Was that The
WorstRestaurantRules?)this was always a popularity contest,notlron Chef. Ash and Amanda
are the leastthreatening,most palatablepair on parade.They look and act like previousBrg'
Brother winners. Melboume's Peterwas always going to be a little too smoothfor the Australian
public, Brisbane's Simon too aggressive,and, in a culture as parochial as ours, Sydneynever
stood a chance.
So it was a big finish, which by contrastwith the protractedand pointlessAmerican Idol ftnale,
left me hungry for more. I'll miss thoseannoyingyoung restaurateurs.
With the exceptionof that strangelysexy, straight-talkingSimon Cowell, I will not miss
American ldol.Fantasia. Diana. Whatever.We never cared.One could sing, and the other was
white. That's how thosetwo teenagersmade it to the grand frnale of the popularity contestjudged
by a tone-deafbible belt. A redheadedboy who couldn't sing "Happy Birthday' if he was drunk
nearly won.
We've enduredSundaynights fulI of Barry Manilow and Mariah Careysongs,and for what? At
least on Popstars (Seven,Wednesday,and completelytenible from beginning
to foregoneconclusion)the contestantssanga few edgy songs.They sangthem very badly, but
the play list made a pleasantdeparturefuomThe Soundof ldols (a musical interpretationof Celine
Dion eating cat food).
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Question 1 continueson page 4
STUDENT
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Question 1 (continued)
Perhapssomefat guy
Whathappenswhenthereis finally no oneleft to eliminate,anywhere?
with glasses
will sit downandwritea decentdrama.
radio talkback
I was disappointed
when the radio programme
went off the air I liked
lying in bed hearing you
tell me things that the weather
is changingthe earth'stilt
shifting we are
half a degreesfurther north I like
information I like
the radio to talk to me I like
investigativejoumalism the iron nib
in the velvet pen
a skin like silk hair
like honey the apologetic
voice of the good sister
openingthe closets dis-
interring the bones
for reasons
unknown a short
circuit in a hidden valve a lack
of ongoingfeedbackfright
in the marketing division the programme
was cut
- by Lee Cataldi
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STUDENT
I wonderwhat it's like insidethe Haywards'housenow. The first thing you saw then, even
as the door swung open, was a polished oak hall stand,with clothesbrushes,shoe
homs and button hooks hanging from it, anda rackfor sticksandumbrellas.Betweenthe
doorsinto the living room andthediningroomstood a grandmotherclock that chimed the
quarters,in and out of sequence with theclocksin otherrooms,filling thehousefour times
an hour with ethereal,ever-changingmusic.
It was Keith who'd discoveredthat Trewinnick, the mysterious housenextto his with
theperpetuallydrawnblackout,wasoccupiedby the Juice, a sinister organisation
apparentlybehind all kinds of plots and swindles.It was Keith who'd discovered,
one Sunday evening on the railway embankmentbehind the houses,the secret
passagewaythrough which the Juicecameandwent. Orwould havediscovered in another
moment or two, if his father hadn't ordered him to be homein time to pipeclayhiscricket
boots,readyfor schoolin the morning.
So now Keith and Stephenarestandingin thehall, amidstthe darknessof the panelling and
the gleam of the silver and the delicatechiming of the clocks, decidingwhat they're
going to do this aftemoon.Or ratherStephen'swaiting for Keith to decide.He may have
somechoreimposedby his father,which Stephenwill be allowed to help with. Orthey
might be going upstairsto shutthemselvesawayin Keith's playroom. His playroom's as
well ordered as the rest of the house.There areno stupidbrothersor sistersto take up
spaceand confuseeverything,as there are in Stephen'shouseand all the other housesin
the Closewhere there arechildren.All Keith's toys arehis own, neatly rangedin drawersand
cupboards,often in the boxestheycamein.
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Question 1 continueson page 6
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STUDENT
Question 1 (continued)
Keith's fatherworked and worked - and ashe workedhe whistled.He whistled as richly
and effortlessly as a songbird, an infinitely complex, meanderingtune that never
reached a resting place any morethanhis work did. He rarelyfound a momentto speak.
Whenhe did, the wordswerequick anddry andimpatient.'Door - paint - wet, ' he'd
inform Keith's mother. Therewereotherreasonswhy Keith's fatherinspiredrespect.He'd
won a medalin the GreatWar, Keith had told Stephen,for killing five Germans. He'd run
them through with a bayonet,though exactly how his father had managedto attach
a bayonet to his famous revolver Stephendidn't have the courageto ask.There the
bayonetstill was, though,chillingly bouncingon Keith's father'skhaki-trousered
buttock every weekend as he marched off in his Home Guarduniform;thoughit
wasn't reallythe Home Guardthathe wasgoing to, as Keith had explained- it was to
specialundercoverwork for the SecretService.
Question 1 (continued)
Marks
Text one - Cartoon
End of Question I
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STIIDENT
SectionII
15 marks
Attempt Question 2
Allow about 40 minutes for this section
You are to write an original short story which exploressomeof the complications
associatedwith belonging.Your story must include ONE of the three settingsand ONE
of the three objects (shownbelow) as a significant focus of your story.
ANI)
15 marks
Attempt Question 3
Allow about 40 minutes for this section.
Focus-Belonging
What do you think arethe most powerful influencesthat impact on an individual's sense
of belonging?
Question3 (continued)
. Poetry (continued)
- EmilyDickinson, SelectedPoemsof Emily Dickinson
*This is my letter to the world
xI died
for beautybut was scarce
*I had beenhungry all the years
*I gave myselfto him
*A narrowfellow in thegrass
*A word dropped carelesson thepage
*Wat mysterypervadesa well!
*Saddestnoise.the sweetestnoise
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