## Question 2 (a) Identify a word or phrase from the text which suggests the same idea as the words underlined: (i) The company's headquarters was a huge building. \_\_\_\_ [1] (ii) The lines of robot arms seemed extremely tall. \_\_\_\_ [1] (iii) Andrei believed that doing the same thing over stopped people being inventive. \_\_\_\_ [1] (iv) The prototype robot arm appeared to offer an enthusiastic welcome. \_\_\_\_ [1] (b) Using your own words, explain what the writer means by each of the words underlined: Programmers at GD were almost exclusively young, distant, cold-eyed wraiths, in identical denim. They started early morning, working past midnight, in a hurry to be done, and rich. (i) almost exclusively \_\_\_\_ [1] (ii) cold-eyed \_\_\_\_ [1] (iii) identical \_\_\_\_ [1] (c) Use one example from the text below to explain how the writer suggests Lois' feelings while at work. Use your own words in your explanation. Programmers often slept at the office. Some nights I'd lie there, staring blankly at the ceiling and the braids of fibre ferrying data around the office. My parents were far away, locked in the frame of a video-chat window. I had no friends nearby. There was a knot in my stomach that wouldn't loosen. I existed in a state of stupor, brain flaccid, cells gasping. I couldn't get my turbine spinning. \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ [3] (d) Re-read paragraphs 10 and 16. - Paragraph 10 begins 'I wouldn't normally have been interested ...' and is about Lois' reaction to the menu. - Paragraph 16 begins 'Sitting on my kitchen countertop ...' and gives Lois' reactions to her first Combo. Explain how the writer uses language to convey meaning and to create effect in these paragraphs. Choose three examples of words or phrases from each paragraph to support your answer. Your choices should include the use of imagery. Write about 200 to 300 words. Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer. \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_

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## Question 2 (a) Identify a word or phrase from the tex...