A survey was recently conducted in your residential area regarding the creation and maintenance of green sections which would be strictly for senior citizens and out of bounds for children. Write a report of the survey outlining both the advantages and disadvantages of the proposal. 20 marks
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1. Read the following passage and make notes in an appropriate format. (15)
Chocolate. There are few foods that people feel as passionate about – a passion that goes
beyond a love for the “sweetness” of most candies or desserts: after all, few people crave
caramel, whipped cream, or bubble gum. Chocolate is, well, different. For the true chocoholic,
just thinking about chocolate can evoke a pleasurable response.
Two years ago, my wife and I travelled to the Amazon. On one of our expeditions, our guide
pointed out a cacao tree growing wild in the jungle. I had never seen one before.
Looking strangely alien, dozens of yellow-green pods hung from the trunk and stems of the
tree. Our guide picked one of the hand-sized fruits, stripped off the rippled outer layer with his
knife, and handed us chunks of the fibrous white pulp inside – the fruit of the cacao tree. Two
local children who had followed us into the forest waited impatiently for their own turn. With
practiced hands, a girl of about six borrowed the guide’s knife, hacked off the covering from
another pod, and shared a big chunk of pulp with her brother.
Few people get to sample the fruit of the cacao tree. It was mild tasting, with a subtle,
bittersweet chocolate flavour. Embedded in the pulp were dark, purple-colored seeds that,
after being dried and processed, chocolate lovers like myself have come to recognize as
“chocolate beans.”
The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) is a native of Central and South America. Today, it is
cultivated around the equator, and can be found in the Caribbean, Africa, South-East Asia, and
even in the South Pacific Islands of Samoa and New Guinea.
By the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Aztecs had an advanced and powerful civilization
located in what is now central Mexico. Many people believe that the Aztecs first developed
2.Advantages –
Senior citizens will feel relaxed and take rest in this green zone.
They get the much needed privacy to share their problems with other people of their age.
Disadvantages –
The playing area for children would be reduced.
They would not be able to interact with their elders which will create a generation gap between children and their grandparents.