Module I Practice question for Paper 2 ” Gathering and Processing Informat Read the extract below carefully then answer the questions that 1. follow. The most famous walk of all time : That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind! Astronaut Neil Armstrong started the first walk on the Moon with these famous, words. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went on the most famous walk in history during NASA’s Apollo L mission in 1969. We learn about the firs sly hear many details about what thay Moon landing in school, but we Walk was actually like and what they saw during this incredible morneny in history. This wasn’t just the first walk on the Moon; it was the first walk on another world, These men are two out of only 12 human beings to have stepped off a spaceship and on to ‘alien’ soil. The Moon was host to a walk that was truly out of this world, The view they experienced as they stepped out of the lunar module was like nothing they had seen before. The perception of distance didn’t work the same way as on Earth. Looking to the horizon, things that were far away, looked very near. The Moon was playing tricks on their eyes. The short radius of the Moon made its curvature visible from where they stood. Despite taking their walk in the morning, the sky was jet black Unlike the star-filled skies of the Earth, on the Moon, every star's light was blocked by the intensely sunlit ground of the Moon. Only the bright, blue and white Earth interrupted the darkness. It was a brilliant jewel that hovered over 238,000 miles away. The area of the Moon where their trailblazing walk occurred, called the Sea of Tranquillity, is not really a sea at all. It is a 4-billion-year-old desert. It is covered with moon dust, like the rest of the Moon’s surface. Armstrong told Aldrin, ‘It has a stark beauty all its own, like the high desert of the United States.’ Aldrin, however, called the view ‘magnificent desolation,’ finding it fairly menacing. Looking at the ground as they began their walk, Armstrong became fascinated by the moon dust’s behaviour. Made of silicon dioxide glass created by meteoroid strikes on the Moon's surface, and other minerals, the moon dust didn’t act like dirt on a dusty trail, rising up in clouds all around. When kicked, Armstrong said the moon dust rose and formed a shape like a flower petal frozen in the vacuum of space. A walk on the Moon means feeling as light as a feather. Neil Armstrong, described it as a ‘very pleasant kind of place to work in,’ because things weighed less on the Moon due to its weaker gravity. Because of the force of gravity being only about 17% of what it is on Earth, as well as wearing cumbersome spacesuits that were developed for protection rather than movement, the astronauts couldn’t just walk along as they would at home. When the astronauts tried walking like we do here on Earth, they flew up into the air and fell over, So, the walking style that they developed was more like a ‘hopping run’ than a walk. The Moon became a giant trampoline, encouraging the astronauts to jump higher as they went, Everyone, throughout history, will remember this amazing walk. Although it was a lonely walk on a new world for the two astronauts €© take, millions of people all over the world were with them every step of the way as they watched live on TY. It has captured the imagination10 15 20 25 of people for decades, inspiring children everywhere to look up at th \ bok up at the Moon's friendly face and Imagine a place where they too might one d take the walk of a lifetime. mene cer References: Nprorg, ‘Neil Armstrong talks about the first moon walk’, De 5 Re alk’, December 8, 2010, Soil Science Society of America. ‘NASA's Dirty Secret; Moon Dust! Science Daily 29 September 2008 Nasa. gov a. In not more than 30 words, state the writer's main point b. Write an ESSAY of not more than 500 words in which you i, state the writer’s purpose; discuss strategies and language techniques used; evaluate the reliability of the information presented. Total 25 marks Module 2 Practice question for Paper 2 Language and Community 2. Read the poem below carefully then answer the question that follows. Hurricane Bangarang Dem say lightnin no strike twice ina di same place ‘An mi granny always say ‘no dash waata ina God face’ So all when mi bex say mi spend up hol heep a money pan hurricane tingz Mi teng Gad Matthew stap brabs in im tracks wid him rains an wid him winds. But what wi would a do ee, if this storm did really drop Fi come tear dung wi tree dem an tek off wi roof top. Anoall a wi lucky so, caz some a wi neighbours get a beatn Matthew carry on bad, without rhyme an widout reason I never could understand though how hurricane know when dem season start Or choose dem landin spot or decide which paat dem ago walk, Do they have a board meeting? Itemize a scheduled plan? Do they have a blue print flying around with in dem destructive hand? How dem see so good out a dem one yeye, fi tek on so much force ‘An why dem always come ina night like dem is some kinda ghost? No! A serious question dem, mi really haffi aks... So, you are telling mi dem question de never cross yu thoughts? As me look bak pahn weda history, not to be a chauvinistic lad Compare to oman hurricane, di man dem no too bad. Dem kaaz far less damage to di place dem we dem choose fi lan If yu tink a lie mi lie, compare Katrina an Sandy to Gilbert or Ivan. Dem say hurricanes originate a Africa, so maybe that is why Is vengeance for all the tears wa dem foremothers cry 1 don’t mean to start a revolution or cause an argument to this effect Jus a share mi thoughts out loud so you really don't haffi bex. Let me leave this hurricane argument alone yaa, an just give thanks likkle more30 Caz di next hurricane is Nicole, an wi no want she fi ketch to category four. Extract from ‘Hurricane Bangarang’ by Charity Barrett © 2016 In an ESSAY of no more than 500 words, discuss a. the appropriateness of the writer's choice of language; b. three linguistic characteristics that would make it difficult for a non-Creole speaker to understand the poem; how communication could be enhanced through a video c presentation of this poem. Total 25 marks Module 3 Practice question for Paper 2 Speaking and Writing 3. Read the following scenario carefully then answer the question that follows. You are a member of your school’s ‘Technological Innovators Club’. You and your fellow club members have designed an app that assesses and measures student productivity. Although the app is very useful, it potentially infringes on students’ privacy. Your club members want to test the app on your school population. Your principal has agreed to give your group a hearing where you will present a proposal on how you plan to conduct this test. Afterwards he and his team will consider whether to grant permission for the test run. In ESSAY format, write the PROPOSAL that you will present to the principal and other administrators for consideration. Your proposal should include details of: a. the application, including its name and potential problems; b. your plan for persuading students and parents to participate in the test run; c. the language varieties and registers you consider appropriate for engaging the two audiences named in part (b); d. two media/channels to be used to launch the application and present the idea to the student population and their parents. Total 25 marks