2023 DHS GP Prelim P1

© DHS 2023 8807/01/Y6/23/PRELIMS DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Higher 1 YEAR 6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION CANDIDATE NAME QUESTION NUMBER CIVICS GROUP 6C INDEX NUMBER GENERAL PAPER 8807/01 Paper 1 28 August 2023 Monday 1 hour 30 minutes No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, Civics Group, index number and Question number in the spaces provided on the question paper and on all the work you hand in. An answer booklet will be provided with this question paper. You should follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper ask the invigilator for a continuation booklet. Answer one question. Note that up to 20 marks out of 50 will be awarded for your use of language. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. For Examiner’s Use Content / 30 Language / 20 Total / 50 This document consists of 2 printed pages. [Turn over

2 © DHS 2023 8807/01/Y6/23/PRELIMS Answer one question. Answers should be between 500 and 800 words in length. 1 Consider the view that technology today is helpful to teaching but harmful to learning. 2 ‘The media should give what people want and not what they need.’ Do you agree? 3 Does anger ever settle anything? 4 Should art be bought and sold like any other goods? 5 ‘International efforts to solve conflicts are doomed to fail.’ Discuss. 6 ‘So close yet so far.’ Is this the outcome of our efforts to address climate change? 7 Is fair play still possible in sport today? 8 Is wealth the best measure of a nation’s success?i 9 ‘Foreigners do not see the country the citizens know. ’ How far is this true of your society? se 10 ‘Science is too complicated for most people to be truly interested in it.’ Do you agree? 11 Is diversity seen as a threat or opportunity in your society? 12 Is having a sense of wonder still possible in today’s world?