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Integrated Skills in English

ISE II

The Controlled Written examination

Wednesday 14 March 2012

10.00am–12.00pm

ISEII–0312 SJ

Instructions to candidates

1. Write your name, candidate number and centre number on the front of this examination paper.

2. You must not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.

3. This examination paper has two tasks. You must complete both tasks.

4. Use blue or black pen, not pencil.

5. Write your answers on the examination paper.

6. Do all rough work on the examination paper. Cross through any work you do not want marked.

7. You must not use a dictionary in this examination.

8. You must not use correction fluid on the examination paper.

Information for candidates

The tasks in this examination have equal weighting.You are advised to spend about 60 minutes on Task 1 and about 60 minutes on Task 2.

Examiner’s use only

Task 1

Task fulfilment A B C D E N U

Accuracy and range A B C D E N U

Task 2

Task fulfilment A B C D E N U

Accuracy and range A B C D E N U

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Use your own words as far as possible. No marks for answers copied from the reading texts.

Integrated Skills in English II

Time allowed: 2 hours

This examination paper has two tasks. You must complete both tasks.

Task 1 — Reading into writing task

Read the text below and then, in your own words, write a report (approximately 250 words) for an educational committee:

i) summarising the reasons for making the television programme Get Smarter in a Week and

ii) giving your own opinion on whether our intelligence level is something we are born with or whether it can be increased.

Puzzles can give extra brain power

Did you know that solving puzzles, remembering telephone numbers and taking a shower with your eyes closed can boost your intelligence? According to research by a television programme, doing ‘brain exercises’, such as these, can make us 40 per cent cleverer within seven days.

The tests conducted for the television programme Get Smarter in a Week, appear to confirm the growing belief among scientists that making simple changes to our lifestyle can lead to significant improvements in how well our brains function.

The programme found that a combination of techniques based on healthy eating, physical activity, sound sleep, stimulating your mind through solving puzzles and remembering lists makes people sharper, more confident and better at making decisions.

These methods were tested on 100 volunteers in an experiment that will be shown on prime time television next week. ‘IQ has traditionally been thought of as a fixed measure of someone’s intelligence,’ said the show’s producer, ‘but an increasing body of scientific opinion holds that you can take steps in your life to actually improve your brainpower. Our show sees if the science works.’

When the production team did trial runs among 15 volunteers, who each followed a ‘Get Smarter’ regime for a week, it was expected that they would be about 10 per cent cleverer. Amazingly, they found that some performed up to 40 per cent better.

The 100 contestants on the television show spent a week following as much of the advice in a 50-page Get Smarter Guide as they could manage. Its recommendations include moving around your home blindfolded, using your computer mouse with your ‘wrong’ hand for an hour a day, and playing games such as Scrabble and Charades.

The results will be seen in the programme next week. But early indications are that the volunteers had benefited from taking part.

(Source: Adapted from The Observer)

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Task 2 — Critical writing task

An English proverb says that ‘travel broadens the mind’. Write an essay (approximately 250 words) considering different ways in which this can happen and examining the possibility that sometimes travel does not ‘broaden the mind’.

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