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1962 Higher I (a)
SCOTTISH CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
EMG LISH
Higher Grade—(First Paper (a)—Composition)
Tuesday, 8th May—9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.
Marks may be deducted for bad spelling and bad
punctuation, and for writing that is difficult to read.
The value attached to the question is shown in brackets
after the question.
Marks
Write a composition of about three pages in length, with an appropriate
title at the beginning, on any one of the following subjects:—
(а) A visit to one of the following:—
an exhibition of paintings; a symphony concert; a great library;
a Gaelic Mod; an agricultural show; a dog show; a traditional
ceremony observed in your locality; a shipyard; a factory.
(б) “ Women too readily submit to the tyranny of fashion.” Do you agree ?
(c) Write the opening pages of a novel which begins with the words, “ The
only extraordinary character in the ordinary town of Kinard was . . .”
{d) What distinctive contribution has the British Commonwealth of Nations
to offer to the world ?
(e) Myself, as others see me.
(/) An Educational Excursion.
(|j Some problems which I may be required to face during the next ten years.
(Ji) The influence of modern mass-media of communication.
(0 Describe the thoughts aroused in you by these lines:—
“ This is my country,
The land that begat me,
These windy spaces
Are surely my own,
And those who here toil
In the sweat of their faces
Are flesh of my flesh
And bone of my bone.” (35)
(C37848)
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