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DRAME
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PAPER 2 - READING
COMPREHENSION
1st Term Exam
December 2022
English B – Standard Level – Paper 2 – Reading comprehension
Anglais B – Niveau supérieur – Épreuve 2 – Compréhension écrite
Duration: 1 h
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• Write your session number in the boxes above.
• Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
• Answer all questions.
• Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
• All answers must be based on the appropriate texts in the accompanying text
booklet.
• The maximum mark for this examination paper is [40 marks].
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Text A: An activist shares her ideas for fighting the climate crisis
More than 500 young people from around the world came to the United Nations Youth
Climate Summit in New York over the weekend to discuss how to solve the climate crisis.
Here’s what one young person suggested the world needs to do.
Bertine Lakjohn is 18. She comes from the Marshall Islands, a country in the Pacific Ocean
5 made up of more than 1000 islands that are on average just over 2 meters above sea level. Global
warming is bringing more frequent and more violent storms and the country’s existence is threatened because
the level of the sea is rising.
Bertine said her interest in climate issues began when she was in high school.
[-5-]
10 In high school I facilitated a youth leadership camp about why leadership is important in
fighting climate change. First, we educated young people about leadership, and about
the impact of climate change. Then we had a dialogue about climate change and invited
government officials to this discussion.
I also wrote a poem. It was about how industrialization has a huge impact on not just the
15 environment but also on our culture and our traditions.
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I moved to Japan for high school, and when I came back everything was entirely different.
Before I left, the water was warmer in a place where I used to like swimming, and then
when I came back it was super cold. The fish that swam there are no longer there. That’s
20 when I knew I had to do something about it urgently.
[-7-]
Before, youth were only informing people that climate change was happening. Now we’re
pressuring the government, not just people in general, but the people who can actually do
something. We’re telling them that we can’t just wait until the crisis hits us.
25 [-8-]
I think governments need to listen to youth. In my country, it’s mostly the youth that are
taking initiative on this climate change issue and the best way for us to have a voice is to
have youth representation in the government.
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Text B: Africa counts on technology to attract youth to farming
RULINDO, Rwanda – Marie Chantal Akingeneye lost her only
cow to an unknown illness. Since then she has had no source
for fertilizer for her fruit and vegetables. She hopes a new phone
app could help. The United Nations developed this technology
5 and after attending a training course on how to use the app,
Marie Chantal thinks it will help to keep her goats and pigs
healthy and modernize her farm for her six-year-old son to take
over.
“It tells farmers about diseases that attack animals,” the 28-year-old mother explains. “The cow
10 died because I didn’t know it was sick.”
Experts say that these simple, mobile phone-based apps could produce great results in Africa
by encouraging more youth to become farmers and helping to solve problems of unemployment
and hunger. The free app also provides information on weather, market prices for crops, and
producing and conserving healthy foods.
15 It is becoming increasingly important for farmers to access up-to-date information as climate
change nowadays means traditional knowledge on planting seasons is unreliable. A simple text
to farmers just to say, “The weather forecast for the next three days is this” can fundamentally
change what they do.
Daniel Nshimiyimana, a Rwandan university graduate who turned his grandparents’ neglected
20 land into a successful farm producing bananas, maize and beans, is one of 50 farmers who
have been testing the app since 2016. “The app helps by telling me about the quality of seeds
I have to plant, the quantity of fertilizer to use, the distance between the trees,” he said. “My
bunches of bananas used to weigh 30 kilos. Now they are 40, 50 kilos,” Nshimiyimana said,
proudly pointing at the banana trees.
25 But according to one senior consultant, the advantages of technology can be uncertain when
it is donor-funded. “If the funding runs out, the project is going to fail.” It will also take time for
technology to revolutionize Africa’s agriculture as farmers tend to be conservative with poor
digital literacy.
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Text C: No exams, no uniform and no football team:
Inside the best school in the world
1 Welcome to High Tech High, where classes are just as likely to be making skateboards as
studying maths, yet 95% go on to university.
2 A group of casually dressed teenagers are
chattering about their upcoming lessons. The
walls around them are hung with artwork.
Subject boundaries are fluid. Maths and physics
are taught as one. English and history share
time. An art and physics scheme resulted in a
school full of life-size wooden staircases which
led nowhere.
3 High Tech High has achieved fame thanks to a documentary called Most Likely To Succeed,
which showed the life of the school and has been screened around the world.
4 At this school, written exams have been replaced by projects that are displayed to an
audience of parents, alumni and locals. The teens don’t carry satchels of books and the
corridors are locker-free. But everywhere there’s an air of purpose and good fortune.
5 This is a school that gets results for its pupils. Pupils are not elite: 15% have special
educational needs, 50% are low-income and 44% of the graduates are the first in their
family to go on to higher education.
6 High Tech High was envisioned by Larry Rosenstock, who rethought schooling for the
21st century. He looked at all the elements of a child’s education and he posed the question:
How can a system of education that was set up to produce workers for the factories of the
19th and 20th century be relevant to young people today?
7 In previous generations, workers sat in rows in offices or stood in line by conveyor belts1.
They needed to learn discipline, patience and an understanding of hierarchy. In the
21st century, employment already looks quite different. With less job security and a
fast-changing job market, workers need to learn flexibility, resilience and teamwork. In
addition to academic skills, there will also be more focus on technology, politics and
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language.
8 The school teaches children aged 14–18. The youngest and most senior years share the
ground floor, with the elders acting as positive role models for the newbies2.
9 The school’s approach to teaching and learning reflects Rosenstock’s approach. He
discovered that if children made things as they learnt, their comprehension of the topic was
improved. Deeper learning is based on encouraging critical thinking, learning to collaborate,
and effective presentation skills.
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1 conveyor belts: a continuously moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in
factories for moving objects along
2 newbies: newcomers
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DP2
PAPER 1 - READING
COMPREHENSION
First Term Exam
December 2022
English B – Standard level – Paper 2 – Reading comprehension
Anglais B – Niveau supérieur – Épreuve 2 – Compréhension écrite
Duration: 1 h
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Question and answer booklet – Instructions to candidates
Write your session number in the boxes above.
Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
Answer all questions. Each question is allocated [1 mark] unless otherwise stated.
Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
All answers must be based on the appropriate texts in the accompanying text
booklet.
The maximum mark for this examination paper is [40 marks].
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Text A — An activist shares her ideas for fighting the climate crisis
Find the words that complete the following sentences. Answer using the words as they appear in
lines 1–7.
1. The purpose of the United Nations Youth Climate Summit in New York was…
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The Marshall Islands sit approximately…
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. The weather on the Marshall Islands has changed as a result of...
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. The future of the Marshall Islands is at risk…
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Choose an appropriate question from the list that completes each gap in the text.
5. [-5-]
6. [-6-]
7. [-7-]
8. [-8-]
A. Why did you become a climate activist?
B. What are governments saying to young people about climate change?
C. How is your generation’s climate activism different from the past?
D. What is the consequence of industrialization?
E. What have you done at school to fight climate change?
F. What did you learn in Japan?
G. What should countries do to fight the climate crisis?
H. Why is leadership important in fighting climate change?
Find the word or phrase in lines 26–28 which means the following:
9. mainly
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10. having a leading role
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11. express opinions
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Choose an appropriate word from the list that completes each gap in the following text (lines 17–28).
Bertine Lakjohn believes we have to address global warming
[ – 12 – ] because the future of the Marshall Islands is under threat.
For example, certain types of fish from some of the waters around the
islands have [ – 13 – ] disappeared. Bertine Lakjohn also believes
that youth should be better represented in governments. [ – 14 – ],
this will have a positive impact on climate change.
12. [-12-]
13. [-13-]
14. [-14-]
A. completely
B. hopefully
C. cheerfully
D. rarely
E. occasionally
F. immediately
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Text B — Africa counts on technology to attract youth to farming
Choose an appropriate ending from the list that completes each sentence (lines 1–14).
15. When Marie Chantal Akingeneye’s A. farmers to identify illnesses affecting animals.
only cow died, she had…
B. no fruits and vegetables on the farm.
! C. regular advertisements.
16. Marie Chantal says that the app D. children to look after farms for their parents.
will help…
E. more people to find work.
! F. information useful for farming.
17. According to experts, the app
will allow… G. farmers to connect with each other.
H. less fertilizer than before.
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18. With the new app, farmers
will have…
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The following statements are either true or false. Tick the correct option, then justify it using words as
they appear in the text. Both parts are required for [1 mark] (lines 15–28).
19. Farmers cannot depend on past experience to know when to grow crops.
True. False
Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
20. Daniel Nshimiyimana’s grandparents ran a successful farm.
True. False
Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
21. Daniel is disappointed with his banana crop.
True. False
Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
22. Without financing, the app will not continue to be developed.
True. False
Justification: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
23. Farmers usually prefer to use traditional methods.
True. False
Justification: ………………………………………………………..
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To whom or to what do the underlined words refer? Answer using words as they appear in the text.
24. It tells farmers... (line 9). ………………………………………………………….……………
25. ...change what they do. (line 18) …………………………………………………………………
26. Now they are 40, 50 kilos... (line 23) ………………………………………………………………
27. ...it is donor-funded. (line 26) ………………………………………………………………………
Text C — No exams, no uniform and no football team: Inside the best school in the world
Answer the following questions.
28. What is the surprising consequence of students making skateboards and studying maths in
High Tech High?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
29. Which words in paragraphs 1–2 tell us that students in this school do not wear a uniform?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
30. Which word in paragraphs 1–2 means “not rigid”?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
31. What was the result of showing the documentary in many countries?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Choose the correct answer.
32. At High Tech High…
A. parents help students with school projects.
B. people from the area teach classes in the school.
C. there are no cupboards for students’ belongings.
D. parents, alumni and locals set exams for students.
33. Which of the following is true about students at High Tech High?
A. Most students come from wealthy families.
B. Some students need extra academic support.
C. All students’ parents are university graduates.
D. Many students receive scholarships.
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34. Larry Rosenstock…
A. was the first pupil to attend High Tech High.
B. wanted to educate factory workers.
C. criticized the system of education at High Tech High.
D. wanted to bring education up to date.
35. According to the text, workers in the past…
A. complained about their working conditions.
B. stood behind desks.
C. had to follow instructions.
D. worked very long hours.
36. According to the text, workers today…
A. tend to stay in the same job for a long time.
B. must be able to work quickly.
C. should study science at university.
D. need to adapt to different types of jobs.
37. Choose the four true statements.
A. The classes at High Tech High are for teenagers.
B. High Tech High offers evening classes for adults.
C. The youngest and the oldest students are taught together.
D. Older children show the younger ones how to behave.
E. The school courses are both academic and practical.
F. The school encourages students to be critical of themselves.
G. The school encourages students to work individually.
H. The school teaches students to communicate convincingly.
