General Paper a-Level
1 Do small firms have a role in modern business?
2
‘History repeats itself.’ Do you agree?
3
To what extent is formal education effective?
4
‘The only victims of war are the poor or the innocent.’ Discuss.
5
Can the use of nuclear energy be justified?
6
Assess the factors which affect the distribution of population in your country.
7
Can mathematics be made fun, interesting and worthwhile?
8
Which should be medicine’s main priority – the quality or the length of life?
9
Assess the value of young people’s magazines today.
10 How far should the media of any society reflect the views of its leaders?
11 ‘All works of art belong in their country of origin.’ Discuss.
12 Is the money spent on museums well spent?
8001/01,02/O/N/03
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4 Paper 2 13 Read the following passage and then answer all the questions below. Note that up to fifteen marks will be given for the quality and accuracy of your use of English throughout this Paper. Note: When a question asks for an answer IN YOUR OWN WORDS and you select the appropriate material from the passage for your answer, you must still use your own words to express it. Little credit can be given to answers which only copy words or phrases from the passage. When we study toys from both a geographical and historical perspective, we find remarkable similarities. Toys appear in cultures isolated from one another, both in time and place, yet the doll, for example, is a toy occurring in most, if not all, civilisations. Other universal toys are balls, rattles, spinning-tops and figures of animals. It is also fascinating to observe, as we move through history into more clearly documented times, that toys occur which, despite their age and differences in form and decoration, are familiar to modern children. There are, however, considerable variations in the ways societies produce toys. In industrialised societies, leisure is separated from work and a leisure industry
2
‘History repeats itself.’ Do you agree?
3
To what extent is formal education effective?
4
‘The only victims of war are the poor or the innocent.’ Discuss.
5
Can the use of nuclear energy be justified?
6
Assess the factors which affect the distribution of population in your country.
7
Can mathematics be made fun, interesting and worthwhile?
8
Which should be medicine’s main priority – the quality or the length of life?
9
Assess the value of young people’s magazines today.
10 How far should the media of any society reflect the views of its leaders?
11 ‘All works of art belong in their country of origin.’ Discuss.
12 Is the money spent on museums well spent?
8001/01,02/O/N/03
[Turn over
4 Paper 2 13 Read the following passage and then answer all the questions below. Note that up to fifteen marks will be given for the quality and accuracy of your use of English throughout this Paper. Note: When a question asks for an answer IN YOUR OWN WORDS and you select the appropriate material from the passage for your answer, you must still use your own words to express it. Little credit can be given to answers which only copy words or phrases from the passage. When we study toys from both a geographical and historical perspective, we find remarkable similarities. Toys appear in cultures isolated from one another, both in time and place, yet the doll, for example, is a toy occurring in most, if not all, civilisations. Other universal toys are balls, rattles, spinning-tops and figures of animals. It is also fascinating to observe, as we move through history into more clearly documented times, that toys occur which, despite their age and differences in form and decoration, are familiar to modern children. There are, however, considerable variations in the ways societies produce toys. In industrialised societies, leisure is separated from work and a leisure industry