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CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (CAIE)0500/02
Specimen 2027 Paper 2 (Directed Writing & Composition) • IGCSE First Language English (0500)
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Section A: Evaluating Attitudes to Work (Jaz Gupta)
Worth 5 Marks • Medium Level
This question references Text B: Competition in the reading insert.
Reread the extract from Text B in the context box.
Use your own words to evaluate Jaz’s attitude to work. Give details from the text to justify your answer.
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Text B: Competition (lines 17–24)
‘I’d worked for months to cultivate one prospective client,’ explains Jaz. ‘Everyone knew winning a big order from that client could be a deciding factor in which of us from the international sales team got promoted. Then I discover from a junior colleague that Ravi’s also trying to net this wealthy individual, even though Ravi knew I was already in pursuit! I knew if I ignored the situation, he’d just seal the deal, profiting shamelessly from all my slaving away, and our boss would promote Ravi. But if I’d directly confronted Ravi, it could’ve made me look petty and selfish. At the time, I calculated the best way to fight back was to be just as devious as Ravi.’
Formula Guide:
Evaluate both strengths (hardworking, diligent) and flaws (cynical, calculated, paranoid, justifies underhanded tactics) using own words and quoting/referencing details from the extract.
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