Integrated Skills in English

ISE III
The Controlled Written examination
Wednesday 16 April 2008

10.00am12.30pm

Your full name:

(BLOCK CAPITALS)

Candidate registration number:

Centre:
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Instructions to candidates
1. Write your name, candidate number and centre number on the front of this examination paper.
2. You must not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
3. This examination paper contains three tasks. You must complete all tasks.
4. Use blue or black pen, not pencil.
5. Write your answers on the examination paper.
6. Do all rough work on the examination paper. Cross through any work you do not want marked.
7. You must not use a dictionary in this examination.
8. You must not use correction fluid on the examination paper.

Information for candidates

The tasks in this examination have equal weighting.
You are advised to spend about 70 minutes on Task 1, 40 minutes on Task 2 and about 40 minutes on Task 3.
Examiners use only
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Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
This examination paper contains three tasks. You must complete all tasks.

Task 1 Reading into writing task

Read the text and look at the graphs. Then, in your own words, write an article (approximately 300
words) for an environmental publication:
i) summarising the information given about waste reduction in the United Kingdom compared to
the rest of Europe and
ii) giving your opinion on what should be done to solve the United Kingdoms waste problem.

Recycling is not enough we need to consume less

Recycling rates have risen, and the UK is on schedule to meet its European Union targets, but
the key to dealing with our escalating waste problem lies in changing our buying habits and
our attitudes to consumption, according to the authors of a new Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC) report. The report says that the benefits of recycling risk being undermined by
the sheer quantity of waste being generated. If household waste output continues to rise by
three per cent a year, the cost to the economy will be 3.2 billion and the amount of harmful
methane emissions will double by 2020. Ben Shaw, a government advisor, says that despite
recent improvements, the UK is still a long way behind the best performing countries, where
taxation and household waste charges have been used to reduce landfill.
Ben Shaw says that waste reduction needs to be tackled higher up the chain of production and
consumption. Waste reduction must be a goal of UK environmental policy, and not tackled
through waste policy alone, he says. Professor Ken Peattie agrees. He says the key tool in the
development and implementation of consumption reduction policies is to use commercial
marketing techniques to influence behaviour for the benefit of society as a whole. A focus on
the benefits of a greener lifestyle has been shown to outstrip other methods in encouraging
people to reduce their consumption.
The report also gives examples of zero-waste initiatives which have been tried from the
high-tech, large-scale waste management systems of San Francisco, to the locally based,
small-scale initiatives in the Philippines.
The report recommends:
Introducing a per-capita waste target using variable charging of householders
Striving to be much more ambitious in recycling targets with particular focus on
construction and demolition waste
Developing systems for organic waste, for instance by returning composted food waste
to the land as fertiliser, rather than losing this valuable resource.
(Source: Adapted from ESRC Social Sciences)

Use your own words as far as possible. No marks for answers copied from the reading texts.
You must make reference to both the text and the graphic information in your answer.
This examination paper contains three tasks. You must complete all tasks.
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What has been achieved elsewhere

Landfill
Percentage of waste buried
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Portugal

Greece

UK

Finland

France

Italy

Ireland

Spain Denmark Sweden Belgium Germany Austria Netherlands

Incineration
Percentage of waste burnt
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Portugal

Greece

UK

Finland

France

Italy

Ireland

Spain Denmark Sweden Belgium Germany Austria Netherlands

Recycling
Percentage of waste recycled
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Portugal

Greece

UK

Finland

France

Italy

Ireland

Spain Denmark Sweden Belgium Germany Austria Netherlands

(Source: Adapted from Defra after Eurostat)

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Task 2 Correspondence task

Your local planning department has approved a large, modern housing and leisure development in
an area which is known for its historic buildings. Write a formal letter (approximately 250 words) to
the local planning department expressing your concerns about the development and suggesting
alterations to the plans.

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Task 3 Creative writing task

Write a description (approximately 250 words) of a person, living or dead, who has been a role model
for you, maintaining a strong influence on you and your choices in life.

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