PART B2 Read Text 5 and answer questions 50-69 on pages I-4 of the Question-Answer Book for Part B2. Text 5 ‘An adapted excerpt from Martin Luther King’s famous letter From Birmingham Jail, written to eight white religious leaders of the South. Civil Disobedience My dear Fellow Clergymen, [1 White confined here in the Birmingham city jail, | came across your recent statement calling, ur present activities ‘unwise and untimely’. Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my ‘workiand ideas: If | sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would 5 be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work But since’ feel that you are men of genuine good will and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I ‘would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms. [2] You deploté the demonstrations that are presently taking place in Birmingham, But I am sony that your statement did not express a similar concem for the conditions that brought the 10 demonstrations into being. [3] We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. For years now I have heard the word “wait.” It rings in the car of every Negro with a piercing familiarity, and has almost always meant “never.” It has been a tranquilizing thalidomide, relieving the emotional stress for a moment, only to give birth to an 15 ill-formed infant of frustration. We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that ‘justice too long delayed is justice denied.”*The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike Speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still ereep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at aunch counter. [4] _I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say “wait.” 20. But when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs reading “white” and “colored”; ‘when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen brutalize and even kill your black brothers and sisters with impunity; when your wife and mother are never given the respected title “Mrs.” and when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as your six-year-old daughter asks in agonizing pathos 25. why she cannot go fo the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her little mental sky, and see her begin to distort her little personality by unconsciously developing a biltemess toward white people — then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait. | hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimate and 30 unavoidable impatience. [5]__ You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws: This is certainly a legitimate concem. Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Cours decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, it is rather strange and paradoxical to find us consciously breaking laws. One may well ask, ‘How can you advocate breaking some laws and 35 obeying others?” The answer is found in the fact that there are two types of laws: there are just laws, and there are unjust laws. I would agree with St, Augustine that ‘An unjust law is no law at al.” [6] Now, how does one determine when a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and. 40 damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority... [7]__Let us turn to a more concrete example of just and unjust laws. An unjust law is @ code that a ‘majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself. This is difference made legal. On the 2020-DSE-ENG Paper 1 Set 3 ©DSE Paper Townother hand, a ju 45 follow itself. law is a code that a majority compels a minority to follow, and that 1g t0 [8] There are some instances when a law is just on its face and unjust in its application. For instance, I was arrested Friday on a charge of parading without a permit. Now, there is nothing wrong with an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade, but when the ordinance is used to preserve segregation and to deny citizens the First Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and 50 peaceful protest, then it becomes unjust. [9] Fmust make an honest confession to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedonvis the white moderate who is mote devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who 55 constantly says, ‘agree with you in the goal you seck, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action’; who patemalistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of timeyand who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a ‘more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding, from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. 60 [10] In your statement you aiserted that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But can this assertion be logically made? Isn’t this like condemning the robbed imian because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery? We must come to see, as federal-courts have consistently affirmed, that itis immoral to urge an individual to withdraw his efforts to gain his basic constitutional rights because the quest precipitates, 65 violence. Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber. [11] You spoke of our activity in Birmingbam as extreme. At first I was rather disappointed that fellow clergymen would see my.nonviolent efforts as those of an extremist. But as I continued to think about the matter, | gradually gained.a bit of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist in love? ~ ‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully 70 use you.’ Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? ~ ‘This nation cannot survive half slave and half free.’ Was not Thomas Jefferson an extremist? — “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’ So the question is not whether we will be extremist, but what kind of extremists ‘we will be. Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be exiremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice? 75 [12] There was a time when the church was very powerful. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was the thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Things are different now. The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. [tis s0 often the arch supporter of the status quo. If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will 80 lose its authentic ring, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club ‘with no meaning for the twentieth century. I hope the church as a whole will meet the challenge of this decisive hour. But even if the church does not come to the aid of justice, [have no despair about the future. I have no fear about the outcome of our struggle in Birmingham, even if our motives are presently misunderstood, We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, 85 because the goal of America is freedom. [13] Never before have I written a letter this long. I can assure you that it would hive been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else is there to do, when you are alone for days in the dull monotony of a narrow jail cell other than write long letters, think strange thoughts, and pray long prayers? 90 Yours for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. END OF READING PASSAGE 2020-DSE-ENG Paper 1 Set 3 3 ©DSE Paper TownAnswers written in the margin will not be marked. Candidate Number Please stick the barcode label here. HKDSE 2020 Mock Exam ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 PART B2 QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK DIFFICULT SECTION, Write your Candidate Number and stick a barcode label in the space provided on this page. Read Text S and answer questions 50-69, (40 marks) 50. What doc$ ‘Clergymen’ in the salutation refer to? 51. Accoriling t0 paragraph 1, what caused Martin Luther King to write this leter of response? 52. i) Why didn’t he usuilly answer criticisms of his work and ideas? 2 marks) ii) Why did he answer the Clergymen’s titieism this time? 53. Read paragraph 2 and 3 and decide whether the following statements are True, False, or the information is Not Given, Blacken one cirele only for each statement. (3 marks) T F ONG i) Martin Luther King believed thatthe causes ofthe demonstrations also.deserved OQ OQ O ii) History shows that freedom would not voluntarily be returned to people whoare OQ OQ O deprived of it i) Asia and Afica were making significant progress toward political independence.” CQ) QO 54. i) According to Martin Luther King, what meant ‘never’ (line 13)? ii) What did he mention to support his view? Answers written in the margin will not be marked. ‘Answers written in the margin will not be marked. 2020-DSE-ENG Paper I Mock Set 3 1 ©DSE Paper Town‘Answers written in the margin will not be marked. Based on the information given in paragraph 4, complete the text by using ONE word to fill in each blank. You should make sure that your answers are grammatically correct, paying attention to word form, tense ete. (6 marks) Ina litany of detailed abuses, Dr. King paints the black experience as one too lacking in dignity to suffer any more patience. He lists several demeaning and experiences that alll of black people suffer on a daily basis. Amongst these jabuses i, his experience explaining to his young daughter why she cannot go to an because of her Overall, these offenses lead the black man into a stinging sense of For all these reasons, Dr’ King hopes that the clergymen will excuse his and his brethren’s 3 ; Below isa summary of paragraph 5 and’ 6, In each of the lines, there is ONE mistake. If you find a mistake, underline the mistake and replace the word with one that expresses the correct idea. Write the word in the space on the right, I'there is no mistake, pit a tick (¥) in the space, One has been done for you. (4 marks) Summary Correction i) | Dr King acknowledged that it was unreasonable for the clergymen to ii)_| feel anxious over the black people’s willingness to break laws. But he Answers written in the margin wi iii) | said itis not paradoxical to find white people breaking laws because eg, | there are thee types of law: just and unjust laws, Segregation statutes | vo iv) | give white people a false sense of inferiority over black people. Explain what the ‘difference’ (line 43) means. ‘What is the main idea of paragraph 8? ‘Answers written in the margin will not be marked. ING Paper I Mock Set 3 2 ©DSE Paper Town59. Based on paragraph 8, why was Martin Luther King confined in the Birmingham City jail? 60. Why was Martin Luther King disappointed with the white moderate? A B. « D, 61. Which of the following can replace “order” (line $3)? ‘Absence of tension Positive peace Direct action Myth of time) 62. Which two phrases in paragraph 9 are linked with the sentence “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I A Bc »D oO 0 0 0 i 3 & & 2 can't agree with your methods of direet ation’ (line 55-56)? marks) | = 3 5 é @ g 2 ? 5 «iy 5 g | 6. ‘people of good will’ intended to refer to? 5 5 z ‘ § 2 2 E | 64. Reud he analogy dravn in paragraph 10 and complete the able below anarisy | 2 Word or phrase used It represents the robbed man (line 62) money (line 62) robbery (line 62) robber (line 65) Answers written in the margin will not be marked. 2020-DSE-ENG Paper 1 Mock Set 3 ©DSE Paper Townnot be marked, Answers writen in the margin wi 6s. 66. 67. 68, 69. i) What does ‘the label" (Line 68) refer to? ii) What is Martin Luther King’s attitude towards the label? Based om paragraph 11, match the person on the left with the feat that they are famous for on the right. ‘Woite the leter (A-C) on te line next to the person’s name, (3 marks) Person Feat (Abraham Lincoln | A. Promoting love Gi) Thomas Jefferson |B. Abolishing stavery (ii) Jesus | Upholding equatity According to paragraph 12, what would the problem be if the contemporary church continued to serve merely as ‘a thermometer that recorded tie ideas and principles of popular opinion’ (line 76)? ‘What is the main purpose of paragraph 12? Answers written in the margin will not be marked. ‘What is the writer’s tone in paragraph 13? A. hopeful B. helpless Cc. excited A B c D D. infuriated 0 0 OVO End of Part B2 Answers written in the margin will not be marked. 2020-DSE-ENG Paper I Mock Set 3 4 ©DSE Paper Town