ZSS Lit P1

1 Zhenghua Secondary School Preliminary Examination 2020 Secondary 4 Express Literature in English/Humanities (Prose and Unseen Poetry) 2065/01, 2274/02 31 August 2020 1 hour 40 minutes Additional Materials: Writing Paper Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School Zhenghua Secondary School READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number in the spaces provided on the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ink on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction tape/fluid. Write your answers on the writing paper provided and indicate the question numbers clearly. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the head of each section. The total marks for this paper is fifty [50]. Name of Setter: Ms Darlene John This document consists of 6 printed pages. For Examiner’s Use Section A Section B Total [Turn over Candidate Name: _________________________ Index No: ____ Class: _______

2 Section A [25 marks] Answer one question from this section. RAY BRADBURY: Fahrenheit 451 Remember to support your ideas with relevant details from the text. 1 Either (a) Explore how Bradbury presents the idea of bravery through the different characters in the novel. Or (b) How is the relationship between man and machine portrayed in Fahrenheit 451? (Do not use the passage below in answering this question.) Or (c) Read this passage carefully, and then answer the questions that follow it: Granger snapped the portable viewer on. The picture was a nightmare, condensed, easily passed from hand to hand, in the forest, all whirring colour and flight. A voice cried: "The chase continues north in the city! Police helicopters are converging on Avenue 87 and Elm Grove Park!" Granger nodded. "They're faking. You threw them off at the river. They can't admit it. They know they can hold their audience only so long. The show's got to have a snap ending, quick! If they started searching the whole damn river it might take all night. So they're sniffing for a scape-goat to end things with a bang. Watch. They'll catch Montag in the next five minutes! " "But how--" "Watch." The camera, hovering in the belly of a helicopter, now swung down at an empty street.