AMENDED – 2010 CAMBRIDGE A LEVEL 8807/02

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Read the passage in the insert and then answer all the questions which follow 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 AS FAR AS POSSIBLE 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.
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1 In what different ways is the religious community ‘in crisis’ (line 2)? Use your own words as
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2 How does the first paragraph illustrate ‘the redemptive power of food’ (lines 7-8)?

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3 Explain what the author means by calling fast food outlets ‘ready sources of cheap refuelling’
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4 What does the author mean by ‘culinary diversity’ (line 40), and how is it threatened? For
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5 Using your own words as far as possible, explain the irony which the author describes in
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6 Briefly explain three distinct features of a ‘book trumpeting the latest diet’ (line 55). Use your
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7 Why is the word ‘her’ (line 66) in inverted commas? For
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8 Explain the author’s use of the word ‘even’ in the phrase ‘even the labelling and packaging’
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9 Which aspect of the author’s argument in the last paragraph is reinforced by the quotation
from J.S. Mill?

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10 Using material from paragraphs 2 and 3 of the passage (lines 9-38), summarise what the For
author has to say about the importance of food in religions and in families, and how aspects of Examiner’s
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modern life are bringing about change.

Write your summary in no more than 120 words not counting the opening words which are
printed below. Use your own words as far as possible.

Where religions and families are concerned, food is important: firstly, because …………....

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11 In this article, Patricia O’Sullivan describes some current issues around the subject of food. For
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