CJC 2024 GP Prelim Paper 2 - Suggested Answer Scheme

2024 JC2 Prelim Exam Paper 2 Suggested Answer Scheme From Passage 1 Q1. Why has the author placed inverted commas around the phrase ‘emotional support animal’ (line 2)? [2m] From the Passage Suggested Paraphrase In October 2018, a woman was forcibly removed from the plane before takeoff. The reason? Airline personnel noticed that the “emotional support animal” she had brought on board in a pet carrier was in fact a squirrel— a pet that was not allowed aboard under the airline’s policies but one she refused to relinquish. Defiantly she exclaimed, “You’re not taking my squirrel! You will not take my baby from me!” [Function] (a1) the term is not used in the conventional sense OR (b1) to express bemusement/derision/doubt/ disapproval/ disbelief/ absurd/ sceptical/ sarcastic/cynical/ mocking DNA: emphasise / expectation [Context] (a2) as a squirrel is an unconventional/ strange/ unusual/ (inappropriate choice of animal to be brought on board) for the purpose of preserving one’s psychological well-being OR (b2) about the practice of relying on an animal to preserve one’s psychological well-being (mental health?) rather than a human person (A1 + A2 = 2m, B1 + B2 = 2m, B1 + A2 =2m) Q2. In paragraph 2, how does the author express her belief that something significant has changed in our relationship with pets? [3m] From the Passage Suggested Paraphrase As the ballad of the therapy squirrel suggests, something significant has changed in our relationship with our pets. Pets are (b1) now endowed with new rights and privileges (b2) and emotional lives pet owners claim for them. The impulse to treat our pets as beloved children and companions is not new. Romans buried their dogs in human cemeteries and talked about them like children. But the (b3) scale and scope of our pet obsessions have vastly increased since Roman times. [Function] (a1) By comparing past and present attitudes towards pets to show how OR (a2) making a comparison between how pets were treated by the Romans with how pets are treated today, to show how [Context] (any 2 out of 3) (b1) pets are now accorded/provided with/granted/given more/unprecedented entitlements / liberties / luxuries (b2) and are now perceived/projected/ believed/presumed to have their own significant experiences / feelings (b3) as well as how we now have a much greater OR more varied degree of preoccupation/fixation on animals as compared to the past. DNA: addiction

Q3. In paragraph 4, explain the author’s purpose in referring to the movies ‘Alpha’ and ‘A Dog’s Purpose’. [2m] From the Passage Suggested Paraphrase Contemporary films also offer stories in which (b) master and pet roles are reversed, (c) with pets firmly guiding the lives of their flawed human companions. The recently released movie Alpha gives the origin story of the dog- human relationship the full Hollywood treatment, showing a callow boy who grows i