Coimisiún na Scrúduithe Stáit State Examinations Commission
LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, 2011
position Higher Level Paper I
Total Marks: two hundred Wednesday, 8th June Morning, 9.30 12.20
? This paper is divided into two sections, Section I COMPREHENDING and Section II COMPOSING. ? The paper contains three text editions on the ordinary theme of MYSTERY. ? Candidates should familiarise themselves with each of the texts before beginning their answers.
? twain sections of this paper (COMPREHENDING and COMPOSING) must be attempted. ? Each section carries ascorbic acid marks.
SECTION I COMPREHENDING ? Two Questions, A and B, follow each text. ? Candidates must answer a Question A on one(a) text and a Question B on a different text. Candidates must answer only one Question A and only one Question B. ? N.B. Candidates whitethorn NOT answer a Question A and a Question B on the same text.
SECTION II COMPOSING ? Candidates must write on one of the compositions 1 7.
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SECTION 1 COMPREHENDING (100 marks) TEXT 1
This text is taken from An Irishwomans Diary by journalist, Lara Marlowe. She was Irish measure correspondent in Beirut and Paris, and is now based in Washington.
Here she responds to an article critical of cats written by her genius and fellow journalist, Rosita Boland. I have venerated cats since early childhood. For more(prenominal) than two decades, Walter the Beirut Puss and now Spike the Irish Moggy, have enriched my life. There are people and possessions I could function without. But a cat is indispensable. Rosita Boland is a valued friend and colleague but I could not entrust her attack on the feline species, in a upstart article, to go unanswered. Reading it here in Washington, I relived the vexation not to say sense of betrayal that I felt up years ago, when on a pilgrimage to Edith Whartons family in Massachusetts, I discovered that the novelist regarded cats as snakes in skin. I cannot say why reading a halt is more pleasurable with a cat...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com
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