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英語樣本筆試

90分鐘

回答兩個問題:

A部分(散文)或B部分(詩歌)

創(chuàng)造性/有說服力的寫作。

總分?jǐn)?shù):70分。

每部分值30分。你的質(zhì)量也會被打10分

你的拼寫，語法和標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號。

仔細(xì)閱讀所有問題。

你可以在課文周圍做筆記或劃下劃線。

建議你在每道題上花45分鐘。

Section A: Prose

Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

1. At what altitude did the farm lie? [1]

2. What was the most important feature of the landscape? [1]

3. What do the following words mean in the context of their appearance in the extract:

a) Sojourn [2]

b) Scintillated [2]

c) Immovable [2]

d) Advancing [2]

4. Blixen describes the trees using the simile ‘like full-rigged ships with their sails furled’. What is the effect of this? [3]

5. Find another simile that Blixen uses to describe the landscape [2]

6. Blixen describes the air as ‘chief feature of the landscape’. Why do you think she says this and what atmosphere does it create? Use evidence to support your answer. [5]

7. Using quotations from the extract and analysing Blixen’s use of language for effect, discuss how she creates a vivid picture of the African landscape. Try not to use quotations you have already used in your answer to question 6.[10]

Section B: Poetry

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

1. What do the following words mean in the context of their appearance in the poem?

a) Behold [2]

b) Breast [2]

c) Carolled [2]

d) Delusive [2]

2. Give a line of the poem in which Bowles describes his sadness [2]

3. What is Bowles referring to when he says ‘the self-same tints still seem to rest’? [3]

4. Comment on the effect of Bowles’s use of rhyme in the poem [5]

5. Using quotations from the poem and analysing the effects of language and other poetic devices, explain the significance of the River Itchen for Bowles [12]

Section C: Creative/Persuasive Writing

Answer ONE question from this section.

Either

1. Look at the photograph below of an ancient Greek drinking cup housed in the Winchester College Treasury. Read the information in the paragraph underneath.

Using the photograph and paragraph above as a starting point, write a story, from this drinking cup’s perspective, about an experience it has had in its lifetime so far. [30]

OR

2. You have been invited to address President Trump about climate change. Write a speech in which you persuade him that we all need to take more care of the environment. [30]

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