Question 26
GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1
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2018
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ENGLISH_LANGUAGE
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objective
You have been asked to deliver a debate speech at your school council meeting on the motion: "This house would ban the use of mobile phones during school hours." Write a speech of approximately 250‑300 words that adopts a clear stance, presents three distinct arguments, anticipates one counter‑argument and refutes it, and ends with a persuasive call to action. In your answer you must also incorporate at least one statistic and one rhetorical question.
Answer Options
Correct Answer
A.
A well‑structured debate speech of about 250‑300 words that takes a clear stance against mobile‑phone use during school hours, presents three arguments (distraction affecting grades, noise disrupting the learning environment, and facilitation of cheating), anticipates the safety‑concern counter‑argument and refutes it, includes a statistic (68% of pupils distracted, 12% drop in scores) and a rhetorical question, and ends with a persuasive call to action urging a ‘yes' vote.
B.
A well‑structured debate speech of about 250‑300 words that takes a clear stance against mobile‑phone use during school hours, presents three arguments (distraction, noise, cheating), anticipates the safety‑concern counter‑argument and refutes it, but omits any statistic, replaces the rhetorical question with a quotation, and ends with a simple summary instead of a call to action.
C.
A well‑structured debate speech of about 250‑300 words that takes a clear stance in favor of mobile‑phone use during school hours, presents three arguments (enhancing communication, emergency access, and digital literacy), anticipates the distraction‑concern counter‑argument but fails to refute it, includes a statistic (45% of students report benefits) but no rhetorical question, and ends with a neutral statement rather than a call to action.
D.
A well‑structured debate speech of about 250‑300 words that takes a clear stance against mobile‑phone use during school hours, presents only two arguments (distraction and cheating), omits any mention of noise, does not anticipate any counter‑argument, includes a statistic (68% of pupils distracted) but lacks a rhetorical question, and concludes without a persuasive call to action.
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
A well‑structured debate speech of about 250‑300 words that takes a clear stance against mobile‑phone use during school hours, presents three arguments (distraction affecting grades, noise disrupting the learning environment, and facilitation of cheating), anticipates the safety‑concern counter‑argument and refutes it, includes a statistic (68% of pupils distracted, 12% drop in scores) and a rhetorical question, and ends with a persuasive call to action urging a ‘yes' vote.
About This Question
This is
Gce Model Questions Vol1
2018
English Language
Question 26.
It is one of the
objective
questions from the
2018
Gce Model Questions Vol1
English Language
examination.
Difficulty level:
Hard
.