Anderson Sec Paper 2 Prelim 2023
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2 Section A Study the online campaign (Text 1) and the social media post (Text 2) and answer Questions 1 - 4 in the Question Paper. Text 1 is taken from an online campaign about food waste. A HIDEOUS ORANGE MAKES BEAUTIFUL JUICE. r A GROT~SQUE APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY A5 WELL THE DISFIGURED EGGPLANT frEAP t'OULD Ill EVEN MORE DISFIGURIO. World Food Day 16 October 2023. Join these in lorious foods for a • ainst food waste. Text 2 is taken from a social media post about food waste. Discrimination does not only have to do with humans. Discrimination against ugly vegetables, treating them like trash, only because of their looks, not their nutritional worth, leads to an enormous amount of food waste, which could feed a lot of hungry people amongst us. Let's reverse the fate of ugly food from waste to delicious, perfectly edible and nutritious food! Preliminary Examination 4E EL P2 2023 ( 1184/02) [Turn over
3 Section B Text3 The text below is the account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's struggle to survive with a crew of fi~e men aboard the James Caird, as he travelled through the Drake Passage to seek help for his men stranded on Elephant Island. Read the text carefully and answer Questions 5 -14 in the Question Paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The little group of dark figures waving goodbye were silhouetted against the white snow, and they made a pathetic picture from the Caird as she lifted to the increasing swell. Worsley held her on a northerly course and Shackleton stood beside him, alternately peering ahead at the approaching ice, and turning again to look at the_ men he was leaving behind. Both groups knew they might never see one another again. A forbidding-looking place, Elephant Island was the refuge of twenty-~o men who, at that very moment, were camped on a precarious, storm-washed spit of beach, a_s helpless and isolated from the outside world as if they were on another planet. !~~ir plight was known only to the six men in this ridiculously little boat, whose respons1b1lity now was to prove that all the laws of chance were wrong - and return with help. It was a staggering trust. As darkness deepened, Shackleton confided to Worsley that the decision to separate the party had been a desperately difficult one, and he abhorred having to make it. But somebody had to go for help, and this was not a task to be delegated to another person. As for the journey itself, Shackleton seemed strangely doubtful, and he asked Worsley about their chances of making it. It was evident Shackleton was far from convinced though Worsley was sure they would make it. The truth was that Shackleton felt rather out of his element. He had proved himself on land. He had demonstrated there beyond all doubt his ability to pit his matchless tenacity against the elements - and win. But the sea is a different sort of enemy. Unlike the land, where courage and the simple will to endure can often see a man through, the str
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