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    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS


    General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

    1123/11

    ENGLISH LANGUAGE
    Paper 1 Writing

    October/November 2011
    1 hour 30 minutes

    Additional Materials:

    Answer Booklet/Paper

    * 4 0 7 9 5 7 8 4 2 9 *

    READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST


    If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet.
    Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
    Write in dark blue or black pen.
    Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
    Answer both Section One and Section Two.
    At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

    This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page.


    DC (CW) 33870/3
    UCLES 2011

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    Section 1: Directed Writing
    You are advised to write between 200 and 300 words. Total marks for this part: 30.

    Task
    Recently you witnessed a major disturbance at a railway station when many people
    were injured. You are asked by the local police to write an account of what you saw.
    Write your account. You must include the following:

    when and where the incident happened and how close you were to the
    scene

    the cause of the disturbance and what exactly happened

    some of the ways in which people tried to help.

    Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your account informative
    and helpful for the police to show you are a reliable witness. Start your account To
    the Police and remember to add your signature and the date.

    UCLES 2011

    1123/11/O/N/11

    3
    Section 2: Creative Writing
    Begin your answer on a fresh page.
    Write on one of the following topics.
    At the head of your essay put the number of the topic you have chosen.
    You are advised to write between 350 and 500 words. Total marks for this part: 30.

    Describe a time when you prefer to be alone and a time when you like to be part of a crowd.
    (Remember that you are describing the atmosphere and your feelings, not telling a story.)

    What are the advantages and disadvantages of attending either a small school with few students
    or a large school with many students?

    Write a story which includes the sentence: As we entered the building, the other people smiled as
    if they knew something we did not.

    Bullies.

    Write a story about someone who returned to a village or town after a long time away. (You should
    include full details of why the person went away to show that it is an important part of your story.)

    UCLES 2011

    1123/11/O/N/11

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    BLANK PAGE

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    reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
    publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.
    University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of
    Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

    UCLES 2011

    1123/11/O/N/11

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