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Paper 02 - General Proficiency

2 hours 40 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CARE,FULLY.

1 This paper consists of FOUR sections:A, B, C and D.

2 Section A consists of oNE question. You MUST answer this question.

J Section B consists of TWO questions. You MUST answer both questions from this
section.

4. Section C consists of THREE questions. You MUST answer ONE question from this
section.

5 Section D consists of TWO questions. You MUST answer ONE question from this
section.

6. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.

7. Do NOT write in the margins

8. You are advised to take some time to read through the paper and plan your answers.

9. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the
original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this booklet.
Remember to draw a line through your original answer.

10 If you use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly in the
box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include the
question part beside the answer.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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In your answer you will be assessed on how well you

(a) were able to identify the main ideas and opinions

(b) organized and expressed the main ideas and opinions
(c) used appropriate grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation.

Drug Testing

Most of us know that cancer, heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death
in the West. But many people would be surprised by the next biggest killer: the side effects of ,.t
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or killed patients in"clinical trials.

Dr Richard Klausner, former director of the US National Cancer Institute lamented that the
history of cancer research has been a history of curing cancer in the mouse. "We have cured mice
of cancer for decades , anditsimply did not work on humans." Cigarette smoke, asbestos, arsenic,
benzene,alcohol and glass flbres are all safe to ingest, according to animal studies. Penicillin, the
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on rabbits, and would have been shelved forever had it been tested on guinea pigs, which it kills.
Even the Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science admits that uncritical reliance on the results of
animal tests can be dangerously misleading and has cost the health and lives of tens of thousands
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So why use animals to test new drugs? It has been known among scientists and the
pharmaceutical industry for decades that animal testing is scientiflcally unreliable, but in 1964
Dr J. Gallager, medical director of Lederle Laboratories, admitted that animal studies are done for
legal, and not scientific reasons. So, pharmaceutical companies conduct animal tests simply to
satis$z government regulations. Most importantly, animal data also provide liability protection when
drugs kill or injure people. The industry can point to rigorous animal tests they have performed,
and claim that they have done their best to ensure against tragedies occurring.

There is no getting away from the fact that people have to be the ultimate guinea pigs for
testing new treatments. Clearly, the health and safety of research volunteers and patients should
be paramount and the best safeguards should be in place to protect them.

Adaptedfrom Kathy Archbald, "Itb Time to kst the Tbsters"

In Caribbean English A. Hodder Education, 2008, pp. 58-59

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2. Read the poem below carefully and then answer all the questions that follow. Write your
answer on the ruled lines provided after each question.

Tales of the Islands

I watched the island narrowing, the fine

Writing of foam around the shore, then
The roads as small and casual as twine
Between the mountains; I looked until the plane
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The open channel, and the quiet sea between
The fisherman's islets, until all that I love
Was lost in cloud. I watched the shallow green
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Derek Walcott, "Tales of the Islands".

In Selected Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964

(a) (i) what does the speaker mean by the word "narrowing" in line 1?

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(ii) Why is the island described as "narrowing" ?

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3. Read the passage below carefully and then answer all the questions that follow. Write your
answer on the ruled lines provided after each question.

Family members develop a healthy foundation when they learn to communicate with
each other in an honest and open way. When conflict does arise, the family that has developed
healthy communication habits can work through and resolve the issues that develop. This means
that family members are able to listen quietly and understand most, if not everything another
s family member is saying, verbally and nonverbally. When these conditions exist, the chance of .tl
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Families are important in our lives because they create, clarify and develop our first
concepts of relationships. They provide a sense of belonging and support, encourage learning
about relationships, provide mental models of friendship, and help to shape views of romantic
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people do not always live close by. Divorce interferes with the structure in some families by
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lives, they forget to come to base to talk about the world around them. Fragile new relationships
can be problematic in emotional times.

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your bonds. When problems do surface, if you've established a strong communicative base with
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(c) According to paragraph2,what are TWO beneflts of families?

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(d) What are the TWO main forms of communication identifled in the passage?

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(h) Identifu the paragraph that BEST sums up the message of the passage.

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