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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education

Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level

GENERAL PAPER

8004/01,02,03

October/November 2003

2 hours

Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper

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 on both sides of the paper.

Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer two questions.

Write on one subject from each of two of Sections 1, 2 and 3.

Answers should be 500–600 words in length.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

All questions in this paper carry equal marks.

BR S35010/2

© CIE 2003

This document consists of 2 printed pages.

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Section 1

1 Do small firms have a role in modern business?

2 ‘History repeats itself.’ Do you agree?

3 To what extent is formal education effective?

4 ‘The only victims of war are the poor or the innocent.’ Discuss.

5 ‘Freedom of speech should be preserved at all times.’ Do you agree?

Section 2

6 Can the use of nuclear energy be justified?

7 Assess the factors which affect the distribution of population in your country.

8 Can mathematics be made fun, interesting and worthwhile?

9 Which should be medicine’s main priority – the quality or the length of life?

10 To what extent has technology affected your country’s development?

Section 3

11 Assess the value of young people’s magazines today.

12 How far should the media of any society reflect the views of its leaders?

13 ‘All works of art belong in their country of origin.’ Discuss.

14 Is the money spent on museums well spent?

15 Time watching television is time wasted.’ Is this a fair comment?

8004/01/02/03/O/N/03

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