4EA0 01 English Language
4EA0 01 English Language
4EA0 01 English Language
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English Language A
Paper 1
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SECTION A: Reading
You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.
Read the following passage carefully and then answer the questions which follow.
In this passage, the writer describes how some animals hunt together in teams
Teamwork a great achievement?
Many animals who hunt find it useful to work
together in teams. Chimpanzees regularly hunt
in teams within which there are specialised roles,
usually taken by particular individuals.
These chimpanzees live in forests and usually eat
fruit, leaves and nuts. But at least once a week
they hunt for meat. Their prey are two species
of colobus monkeys. A colobus weighs less than
half a chimpanzee, so they can venture out on to
branches that would break under a chimpanzees weight. So, in theory, a colobus should
find it easy to escape from a chimpanzee. The chimpanzees can only catch them by
working in teams.
Before a hunt, the team assembles gradually. The males come together in a posse. The
change in their behaviour is dramatic. There is no more calling and hooting, no picking
up of fruit or plucking of leaves. They pace together through the forest in silence,
sometimes stopping and listening for the calls of colobus monkeys. It may take only
twenty minutes or as long as two hours before they find the monkeys and are sufficiently
close to them to launch an attack.
Suddenly, the driver chimpanzee runs up a tree, climbing swiftly. He will, if he can,
isolate one or two monkeys from the main troop. Most of the chimpanzees stay on
the ground as spectators. The adult females bob and dance with excitement, standing
upright, craning their heads back and forth to see just what is going on. If one monkey
is separated, the blocker chimpanzees dash up into the trees ahead to take up their
positions, crashing through the branches in a way that is quite unlike their normal
movements.
Now all is action. The ambusher chimpanzee sprints ahead to find the place where he
will hide in the leaves, while the chasers move in front of the blockers and run along
the branches trying to grab the monkey and chasing it towards the place where the
ambusher sits hidden. The colobus monkey, driven forward between the blockers, is
deceived into thinking that an avenue of escape lies ahead until suddenly the ambusher
reveals himself. The monkey hesitates, turns back and is grabbed by the catchers. As
they grab the monkey, they scream with excitement. Their calls are immediately taken up
by the whole team and the spectators on the ground so that the forest rings with wild
and terrifying shrieks.
More than half these hunts are successful. Some only last a few minutes. If a particular
monkey is chased and harried for as long as ten minutes, it may become so stressed
that eventually it gives up trying to escape and sits to face its death without screaming
or even resisting when the hunters finally seize and kill it. Sometimes, it is taken to the
ground. There a scrum of excited adults, both male and female, surround it. Two of the
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senior males of the group, whether or not they have taken part in the hunt, tear the body
apart. Each is then surrounded by adults from the group, who are handed pieces in order
of seniority. If the body is a small one, the younger hunters may not be given a share.
Adolescents and babes never get anything.
In the distance, the bereaved colobus monkeys still sound their alarm calls. The
chimpanzees gnawing, on the bones, occasionally squeal in irritation as they squabble,
but for the most part, after the excited rushes and the yells of triumph, there is
contentment. A human observer may find the scene horrifying. The limp body of the
monkey is only too human in its proportions, the cries of triumph only too reminiscent
of a hooligan mob bent on violence in a city street. Some of us may see in these
chimpanzees the images of our own hunting ancestors. But if we do, we should also
detect in them the origins of the teamwork and collaboration that we have brought
to an unparalleled peak of complexity and that has brought us some of our greatest
achievements.
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(Source: adapted from The Trials of Life by David Attenborough, Guild Publishing, 1990, pages 100107)
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A wave of nausea surged over me. I pressed my face into the snow, and the sharp cold
seemed to calm me. Something terrible, something dark with dread occurred to me,
and as I thought about it I felt the dark thought break into panic: Ive broken my leg,
thats it. Im dead. Everyone said it if theres just two of you a broken ankle could
turn into a death sentence if its broken if It doesnt hurt so much, maybe Ive 25
just ripped something.
I kicked my right leg against the slope, feeling sure it wasnt broken. My knee
exploded. Bone grated, and the fireball rushed from groin to knee. I screamed. I
looked down at the knee and could see it was broken, yet I tried not to believe what I
was seeing. It wasnt just broken, it was ruptured, twisted, crushed, and I could see the 30
kink in the joint and knew what had happened. The impact had driven my lower leg
up through the knee joint.
I dug my axes into the snow, and pounded my good leg deeply into the soft slope
until I felt sure it wouldnt slip. The effort brought back the nausea and I felt my head
spin giddily to the point of fainting. I moved and a searing spasm of pain cleared
away the faintness. I could see the summit of Seria Norte away to the west. I was not
far below it. The sight drove home how desperately things had changed. We were
above 19,000 feet, still on the ridge, and very much alone. I looked south at the small
rise I had hoped to scale quickly and it seemed to grow with every second that I
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stared. I would never get over it. Simon would not be able to get me up it. He would
leave me. He had no choice. I held my breath, thinking about it. Left here? Alone?
For an age I felt overwhelmed at the notion of being left; I felt like screaming, and I
felt like swearing, but stayed silent. If I said a word, I would panic. I could feel myself
teetering on the edge of it.
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Joe had disappeared behind a rise in the ridge and began moving faster than I could
go. I was glad we had put the steep section behind us at last. I felt tired and was
grateful to be able to follow Joes tracks instead of breaking trail*.
I rested a while when I saw that Joe had stopped moving. Obviously he had found
an obstacle and I thought I would wait until he started moving again. When the rope
moved again I trudged forward after it, slowly.
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Suddenly there was a sharp tug as the rope lashed out taut across the slope. I was
pulled forward several feet as I pushed my axes into the snow and braced myself for
another jerk. Nothing happened. I knew that Joe had fallen, but I couldnt see him,
so I stayed put. I waited for about ten minutes until the tautened rope went slack on
the snow and I felt sure that Joe had got his weight off me. I began to move along his
footsteps cautiously, half expecting something else to happen. I kept tensed up and
ready to dig my axes in at the first sign of trouble.
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As I crested the rise, I could see down a slope to where the rope disappeared over the
edge of a drop. I approached slowly, wondering what had happened. When I reached
the top of the drop I saw Joe below me. He had one foot dug in and was leaning
against the slope with his face buried in the snow. I asked him what had happened
and he looked at me in surprise. I knew he was injured, but the significance didnt hit
me at first.
He told me very calmly that he had broken his leg. He looked pathetic, and my
immediate thought came without any emotion. Youre dead no two ways about
it! I think he knew it too. I could see it in his face. It was all totally rational. I knew
where we were, I took in everything around me instantly, and knew he was dead. It
never occurred to me that I might also die. I accepted without question that I could
get off the mountain alone. I had no doubt about that.
Below him I could see thousands of feet of open face falling into the eastern
glacier bay. I watched him quite dispassionately. I couldnt help him, and it occurred
to me that in all likelihood he would fall to his death. I wasnt disturbed by the
thought. In a way I hoped he would fall. I knew I couldnt leave him while he was still
fighting for it, but I had no idea how I might help him. I could get down. If I tried to
get him down I might die with him. It didnt frighten me. It just seemed a waste. It
would be pointless. I kept staring at him, expecting him to fall
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Explain the differences between Simons and Joes accounts of the accident.
You should refer closely to the passage to support your answer. You may include brief
quotations.
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Explain what happened and how you reacted.
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SECTION C: Writing
You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.
6 Imagine that a relative or friend from another area is coming to visit.
Write a letter, informing your relative or friend about your plans for the visit.
You may choose to write about:
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