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1 GCSE 150/06 ENGLISH HIGHER TIER PAPER 2 A.M. WEDNESDAY, 10 November Hours ADDITIONAL MATERIALS A 12 page answer book. Resource Material for use with Section A. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Answer all questions in Sections A and B. Write your answers in the separate answer book provided. You are advised to spend your time as follows: Section A about 50 minutes Section B Q. B1 about 35 minutes Q. B2 about 35 minutes INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES Section A (Reading): 40 marks Section B (Writing): 40 marks The number of marks is given in brackets at the end of each question or part-question. JD*(A ) Turn over.

2 2 SECTION A: 40 marks Answer all the following questions. The profile of the yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur opposite appeared on the Internet. The Resource Material for use with Section A is a newspaper article, What Ellen did Next, by Cassandra Jardine. Look at the profile of Ellen MacArthur opposite. A1. According to this profile, what made Ellen MacArthur s record attempt so difficult? [10] You may answer this question using bullet points if you wish. Now look at the article What Ellen Did Next in the separate resource material. Look at the first two columns (up to Yet she did so for a decade ). A2. What do you learn about Ellen MacArthur in this section of the article? You must use the text to support your answer. [10] Look at the rest of the article (from She says she is never bored ). A3. What are your impressions of Ellen MacArthur in this section of the article? How does Cassandra Jardine create these impressions? [10] To answer the next question you will need to look at both texts. A4. Compare and contrast what these two texts say about Ellen MacArthur. Organise your answer under the following headings: how she reacts to stress and danger; how she reacts to being famous; how she reacts to questions about her private life. [10] (150-06)

3 3 Profile of Ellen MacArthur (February 2005) Within the next few days we will know whether Ellen MacArthur is the best and fastest sailor in the world. She is already the most famous. Not bad for a young woman from landlocked Derbyshire. While most people enjoyed eight hours sleep last night, Ellen MacArthur managed just a few snatches of shuteye. Her breakfast this morning was porridge made more palatable with powdered milk mixed with water. After 70 days at sea, her small frame is wracked with pain from the relentless physical effort of sailing alone through the toughest seas on Earth. MacArthur s only human contact since leaving Falmouth in November has been by satellite phone. She is so exhausted that her back-up team sometimes struggles to make out what she is saying. This is what is involved in her bold attempt to become the fastest person to sail solo and non-stop around the world, a journey of over 27,000 nautical miles. With the finishing line tantalisingly close, things are looking good but, after the ups and downs she has encountered recently at sea, MacArthur is taking nothing for granted. Gale force winds in the Atlantic could help her, or wreck her boat. Over the last seventy days she has almost hit a whale, suffered injuries including bruises, a burned arm and gashed head, and survived several potentially disastrous technical problems only because of her excellent DIY skills. Ellen has dug deep on previous occasions when she s been at sea in races, but she s dug even deeper this time, says Mark Turner, her manager. A few times during this trip she s been very, very close to a line at which point, through fatigue, you might do something really stupid and go mad and jump over the side. At sea she is constantly busy, making repairs, changing sails, checking the array of navigational equipment, and making her umpteenth meal from unappetising freeze-dried food. She also communicates regularly with the outside world, and her s confirm the gruelling nature of her latest attempt to make history. I am running close to empty. Physically I am exhausted, not just from the effort of sailing the boat so hard, but from the constant motion which makes even standing impossible. This trip has taken pretty much ALL I have, every last drop and ounce. If she breaks the record, she will confirm her status as the world s best-known, and arguably finest, sailor. Although some people see her as a self-absorbed whinger who is always complaining, often tearfully, about her latest setback, victory would delight the millions who admire her as a quirky, mould-breaking heroine who is refreshingly unaffected by global fame, endearingly prone to displays of raw emotion, and the embodiment of the can-do spirit. She s an ordinary person doing extraordinary things and she is inspirational. She is a fighter, someone of unbelievable determination. She tackles tasks that most of us would think impossible, says David Roth, marketing director of the home improvements chain which pays millions to sponsor MacArthur. When people meet her, they come away thinking anything is possible. She is hugely popular yet she remains resolutely private and unchanged by fame. She has rejected all offers to endorse products, and is genuinely uncomfortable with being so wellknown. She has had several boyfriends, but deliberately withholds details. Her most recent, with whom she was involved for eight months, said, I loved Ellen and I m sure she loved me, but her first love is sailing. All she wants to do is keep breaking records. Some time tomorrow, she is set to do that again. (150-06) Turn over.

4 4 SECTION B: 40 marks Answer Question B1 and Question B2. In this section you will be assessed for your writing skills, including the presentation of your work. Take special care with handwriting, spelling, punctuation and layout. Think about the purpose and audience for your writing. A guide to the amount you should write is given with each question. B1. The Ellen MacArthur Trust raises money to give sailing holidays to children and young people with cancer. You have the opportunity to use a school assembly to persuade the pupils to support this charity. Write what you would say. [20] The quality of your writing is more important than its length. You should write about one to two pages in your answer book. B2. Some of the large cities in Britain are proposing a congestion charge on drivers to encourage people to use public transport. This would mean drivers would have to pay every time they went into the city centre. Write a letter to a newspaper giving your views on this proposal. [20] The quality of your writing is more important than its length. You should write about one to two pages in your answer book. (150-06)

5 GCSE 150/06-A ENGLISH HIGHER TIER PAPER 2 A.M. WEDNESDAY, 10 November 2010 Resource Material for use with Section A JD*(A A)

6 WHAT ELLEN DID NEXT by Cassandra Jardine When Ellen MacArthur sailed into Falmouth Harbour two years ago, having broken the record for sailing solo around the world, there was an eruption of national jubilation. The tiny 28-year-old had battled against huge seas, and shaved 32 hours off the record. Coming from landlocked Derbyshire, her achievement was all the more remarkable. But the trouble with extraordinary feats is that everyone wants an encore, a further opportunity to ponder what it is that drives her to win in this loneliest of sports. Since February 2005, she has kept us waiting. Has she lost her nerve? She has a boat moored near the London hotel where we meet, in the way that others might park their car. But I wonder if she is suffering from the same flatness that Sir Bob Geldof experienced after he organised Live Aid. The fresh-faced woman in jeans and trainers who gives a firm handshake is buzzing with enthusiasm, words pouring out of her as I fumble with a new tape recorder. Shall I have a look? she offers. Within seconds she has made it work, handing it back with the satisfaction of someone who loves to solve problems. MacArthur has been far from idle since she staggered onto dry land in February Later that year she took part in a transatlantic race (she came second), then spent several weeks in South Georgia in the Antarctic. Last year she spent three months setting records on routes around China and Japan. Now she is launching a series of races for a class of boats that sounds like a celebration of the midlife crisis: Extreme 40s. These boats are designed to sail at 40 knots. When I was setting my world record, 28 knots was fast, so these races will be sailing s Formula 1, she says. For anyone else it would be a remarkable list of achievements. But compared with the sailing equivalent of conquering Everest several times, her recent adventures seem tame. That s deliberate, she says. Setting the world record was hugely exhausting. It takes a year to get over it because you are living on adrenaline and acute levels of stress. I had twenty minutes sleep every three days. You reach a point of exhaustion where you can t stop. At times you get very emotional. But surely, once she was back, she could relax. Catching up on sleep wasn t a problem, she says. Learning to eat properly was. On the boat you eat because you know you have to, to keep your strength up. When you get back, you don t feel hungry and you don t bother to eat because you know it doesn t matter, because nothing is happening. It sounds as if she felt depressed, but she denies it. She is relentlessly upbeat, but she has no qualms about admitting that during the races she often had to dig deep, overcoming panic with grim determination. She can, for example, say precisely how many times she has had to ascend the mast, a lone sailor s most terrifying ordeal. I ve done it twelve times. It s horrendous as you get a real battering as the mast shakes violently. To illustrate just how awful it was, she turns to her photographic records. One shows her about to ascend the mast, her face rigid with purpose. Another shows huge, livid bruises. You have to go into mechanical mode. If you think, I m going to die, you shouldn t be on the boat at all. Physically and mentally, you can t keep putting yourself through that. Yet she did so for a decade. She says she is never bored on her own, but she doesn t seem to be so much in a world of her own that she s insensitive to other people. She says she felt terribly guilty when she saw the strain on her parents faces as she set off on the race. She is genuinely moved by her extraordinary experiences. Visiting South Georgia, where 175,000 whales were slaughtered with no thought for the future of the species or the livelihoods of those who depended on whaling, has inspired her to learn more about sustainability. On a boat you learn to be very careful because you take everything with you and nothing more than you need. I only use a corner of a kitchen towel instead of a full sheet, and I notice how much the battery has gone down if I leave my computer on. She would make a good figurehead for any turn-it-off campaign. Another moment of emotional engagement with the daughter of a friend who had cancer led her to set up the Ellen MacArthur Trust, to give sailing holidays to children and young people with cancer. She ll use her name for such causes, but doesn t appear to have a big ego. Of becoming a Dame, she says, It was a huge honour, not just for me but for the whole team. Nor does she seem very interested in money. She drives an Espace, has a holiday home on the Isle of Skye, and says her chief indulgence is the dog she has just acquired from a rescue home. The Olympics, she says, don t tempt her. The races are too close to shore and she s an offshore racer. By then she might have a family, I suggest. Many of those who take part have families, she replies. She gives nothing away. Although there have been rumours of boyfriends, settling down does not appear to be on her mind. Nothing like that at the moment, she says sharply. I m only 30. And that is as far as this friendly, but ultimately enigmatic, woman will commit herself. Ellen MacArthur

7 GCSE 150/06-A ENGLISH HIGHER TIER PAPER 2 A.M. WEDNESDAY, 10 November 2010 Resource Material for use with Section A JD*(A A)

WHAT ELLEN DID NEXT by Cassandra Jardine When Ellen MacArthur sailed into Falmouth Harbour two years ago, having broken the record for sailing solo around the world, there was an eruption of national

8 WHAT ELLEN DID NEXT by Cassandra Jardine When Ellen MacArthur sailed into Falmouth Harbour two years ago, having broken the record for sailing solo around the world, there was an eruption of national jubilation. The tiny 28-year-old had battled against huge seas, and shaved 32 hours off the record. Coming from landlocked Derbyshire, her achievement was all the more remarkable. But the trouble with extraordinary feats is that everyone wants an encore, a further opportunity to ponder what it is that drives her to win in this loneliest of sports. Since February 2005, she has kept us waiting. Has she lost her nerve? She has a boat moored near the London hotel where we meet, in the way that others might park their car. But I wonder if she is suffering from the same flatness that Sir Bob Geldof experienced after he organised Live Aid. The fresh-faced woman in jeans and trainers who gives a firm handshake is buzzing with enthusiasm, words pouring out of her as I fumble with a new tape recorder. Shall I have a look? she offers. Within seconds she has made it work, handing it back with the satisfaction of someone who loves to solve problems. MacArthur has been far from idle since she staggered onto dry land in February Later that year she took part in a transatlantic race (she came second), then spent several weeks in South Georgia in the Antarctic. Last year she spent three months setting records on routes around China and Japan. Now she is launching a series of races for a class of boats that sounds like a celebration of the midlife crisis: Extreme 40s. These boats are designed to sail at 40 knots. When I was setting my world record, 28 knots was fast, so these races will be sailing s Formula 1, she says. For anyone else it would be a remarkable list of achievements. But compared with the sailing equivalent of conquering Everest several times, her recent adventures seem tame. That s deliberate, she says. Setting the world record was hugely exhausting. It takes a year to get over it because you are living on adrenaline and acute levels of stress. I had twenty minutes sleep every three days. You reach a point of exhaustion where you can t stop. At times you get very emotional. But surely, once she was back, she could relax. Catching up on sleep wasn t a problem, she says. Learning to eat properly was. On the boat you eat because you know you have to, to keep your strength up. When you get back, you don t feel hungry and you don t bother to eat because you know it doesn t matter, because nothing is happening. It sounds as if she felt depressed, but she denies it. She is relentlessly upbeat, but she has no qualms about admitting that during the races she often had to dig deep, overcoming panic with grim determination. She can, for example, say precisely how many times she has had to ascend the mast, a lone sailor s most terrifying ordeal. I ve done it twelve times. It s horrendous as you get a real battering as the mast shakes violently. To illustrate just how awful it was, she turns to her photographic records. One shows her about to ascend the mast, her face rigid with purpose. Another shows huge, livid bruises. You have to go into mechanical mode. If you think, I m going to die, you shouldn t be on the boat at all. Physically and mentally, you can t keep putting yourself through that. Yet she did so for a decade. She says she is never bored on her own, but she doesn t seem to be so much in a world of her own that she s insensitive to other people. She says she felt terribly guilty when she saw the strain on her parents faces as she set off on the race. She is genuinely moved by her extraordinary experiences. Visiting South Georgia, where 175,000 whales were slaughtered with no thought for the future of the species or the livelihoods of those who depended on whaling, has inspired her to learn more about sustainability. On a boat you learn to be very careful because you take everything with you and nothing more than you need. I only use a corner of a kitchen towel instead of a full sheet, and I notice how much the battery has gone down if I leave my computer on. She would make a good figurehead for any turn-it-off campaign. Another moment of emotional engagement with the daughter of a friend who had cancer led her to set up the Ellen MacArthur Trust, to give sailing holidays to children and young people with cancer. She ll use her name for such causes, but doesn t appear to have a big ego. Of becoming a Dame, she says, It was a huge honour, not just for me but for the whole team. Nor does she seem very interested in money. She drives an Espace, has a holiday home on the Isle of Skye, and says her chief indulgence is the dog she has just acquired from a rescue home. The Olympics, she says, don t tempt her. The races are too close to shore and she s an offshore racer. By then she might have a family, I suggest. Many of those who take part have families, she replies. She gives nothing away. Although there have been rumours of boyfriends, settling down does not appear to be on her mind. Nothing like that at the moment, she says sharply. I m only 30. And that is as far as this friendly, but ultimately enigmatic, woman will commit herself. Ellen MacArthur

P.M. THURSDAY, 4 June hours

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