2014 SASS EL TYS P2 Ans

2014 O Level Paper 2 Text 1: Jane Goodall Institute The webpage is about the work of the Jane Goodall Institute in Singapore, and more specifically its youth programme. Qn 1 Candidates were asked what idea the photograph is trying to establish. The photograph shows Jane Goodall shaking hands with a chimpanzee, and is intended to illustrate the link between humans and primates. Candidates found this a challenging question; and many described what they saw without making the generalisation or conveying that they understood the reason for its presence on the page. ANS It is trying to establish the idea that humans and animals are linked. [1] Qn 2 Question 2 asked why Jane Goodall’s discovery that chimpanzees use tools was so important. The answer is found in the first paragraph. ANS It caused mankind to rethink their view of primates, and consequently other animals as well. [1] Qn 3 The great majority of candidates successfully identified the right images. Those who were unsuccessful generally tried to add the silhouette of Jane Goodall herself, which is part of the logo as a whole but not what the question asked. ANS Animal welfare -- Chimpanzee icon Natural environment – Leaf icon Human communities -- Hand icon [all 3 for 1m] Qn 4 This was the most challenging question in this section. Candidates were asked what the name of the youth programme ‘Roots & Shoots’ suggests about young people. The webpage uses the common feature of a direct quotation (here from Jane Goodall) in a side box to sharpen the point, and to answer correctly candidates needed to put that together with what was written about the programme in the third paragraph under the heading ‘Roots & Shoots’. Unsuccessful responses were often based on botanical ideas of growth and development which are not on the webpage. ANS (i) Though small like roots and shoots, young people can break through to make a huge difference. [1] (ii) Like-minded, they can advocate change through building international partnerships. [1]

Text 2: Mountain adventures The writer tells how two boys were trapped up a mountain in bad weather, but while the reader is waiting for them to be rescued, he describes another incident that had happened to himself. By pointing up both the similarities and the differences between the two incidents, the writer increases the tension and suspense. Qn 5 Generally candidates coped well with this direct question on language. The majority answered by quoting three phrases from the passage – usually the correct phrases – and adding a short explanation to each. The emphasis of the question, however, was the other way round and what was being looked for was an overall explanation of how the language conveys the thickness of the fog, with the details to support. Better answers combined separate explanations to give a convincing and sufficiently full picture. Some did not identify the corre