מועד חורף תשע"ה 2015

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1 הצעה לפתרון בחינת הבגרות באנגלית מועד חורף תשע"ה 2015 Module F סמל שאלון ספרות הפתרון נכתב על ידי חיה קלין וטלי גונן-טרייסטמן מצוות מורי רשת החינוך אנקורי

2 Alternate answers to all questions may be accepted if suitable. Part I (35 points) A. Mr. Know All / W. Somerset Maugham 1. ii) He doesn't like his name. 2. iii) Mr. Kelada spends a lot of time with him. 3. Mr. Ramsay is confident that his wife paid only 18 dollars for the pearls because this is what she told him. Therefore, he challenges Mr. Kelada even though Mr. Kelada introduces himself as an expert in the pearl business. Mr. Kelada is certain that the pearls are genuine and cost a fortune, but Mr. Ramsay is sure that Mr. Kelada is wrong because he believes his wife. 4. Thinking skill I chose: Distinguishing different perspectives At the end of the story the narrator's feelings towards Mr. Kelada change and he doesn't "entirely dislike him" because he discovers Mr. Kelada's true character. Mr. Kelada who seemed to him as pushy, arrogant and self-centered, is revealed as a real gentleman who was ready to lose a hundred dollars and look like a fool in order to help Mrs. Ramsay. 5. a) Mr. Kelada could either insist on the truth or lie. If he had insisted on the truth, he would have ruined Mrs. Ramsay's marriage, she would have paid heavily for her indiscretion and her husband would have been humiliated in public. If he lied, he would be the one to lose face and this is what he chose to do. b) Mrs. Ramsay is grateful. She knows that Mr. Kelada decided to save her marriage by not revealing the truth. She also understands what a personal price he is going to pay because in his own field of expertise, he failed to distinguish a real pearl from a fake one. She knows that people will mock him. She can't save his reputation without revealing the truth about herself, but at least she can return him the money he lost in the bet.

3 B. The Split Cherry Tree / Jesse Stuart 6. iii) go with Dave to school the next morning 7. iii) He helps his son sweep the floor. 8. Though Mr. Herbert and Pa are very different people they learn to respect each other. Pa respects Mr. Herbert because he is not intimidated by him and treats him as an equal. Pa understands that Mr. Herbert is a good man who wants the best for his students. Mr. Herbert, on the other hand, is impressed by Pa's insistence on equality (all boys should be treated equally), and his fairness (he refuses to accept the cancellation of the debt). Both understand that they can learn from each other. Pa learns about the new teaching methods and about germs and Mr. Herbert learns about the importance of black snakes. 9. Thinking skill I chose: Inferring Pa is angry with Professor Herbert for treating his son differently than the other boys because he is poor. He believes the boys should have all been punished in the same way. He believes in equality. I suppose he wants to teach Professor Herbert that all people, rich or poor, educated or uneducated are equal. 10. a) Before coming to school, Pa was dissatisfied with Dave's school. He believed that studies should not be done outside. In his experience, school involved sitting in class and learning from books. However, after spending the day at school, he realized that school and teaching methods had changed since he had been a boy and the students were taught useful and valuable things. b) Pa is a fair man who believes that debts must be paid. He is a proud man who sticks to the values by which he lives. He is an honest man and honest men pay their debts.

4 Part II (45 points) C. All My Sons / Arthur Miller 11. iii) He was reported missing 12. iii) Joe is guilty of the crime. 13. Joe needs to ignore his responsibility for the shipment of faulty parts to the air force and causing the death of 21 pilots. He does that in order to continue living and functioning in a normal way. 14. Steve Deever has convinced his son George that Keller was responsible for the shipment of the faulty parts to the air force, which Joe denies. Chris, Joe's son believes his father. Now Chris wants to marry Ann Deever, but George doesn't want to let it happen since the Kellers have taken everything from his family. He doesn't want them to take Ann as well. 15. Kate - throughout the play, she is trying to protect her family, especially Joe, and therefore refuses to admit Larry's death. However, she is the one who is responsible for the revelation of the truth when she has a slip of the tongue, saying Joe has not been sick for 15 years. Ann - she is the one who reveals the truth about Larry's death when she understands she won't be able to marry Chris in any other way. Sue - she is the one who points out the importance of money and its effect on the behavior of the main characters. (Joe commits the crime because he doesn't want to give up his life's work, Chris continues working with his father though he suspects the money is not clean). 16. a) Kate knows that Joe is responsible for shipping faulty parts to the air force and causing the death of the pilots. She also knows that George is coming after visiting his father in jail. She is afraid that Joe might say something that will expose Keller's guilt, and George who is a lawyer will reopen the case. b) Joe understands that there is a possibility that George may have found the truth. Therefore, he wants to make sure that Chris will continue the business without him. He tells Chris that he wants a "clean start" for him, a new sign over the plant with Joe's name

5 removed. He promises to build Chris a house, he tells Chris he wants him to spread out and to make use of what Joe has made for him with joy and without shame. D. The Wave / Morton Rhue 17. ii) He felt he didn't have good answers to their questions. 18. ii) they must think before following a leader 19. Yes, the principal was right to trust Ben because Ben did as he promised and finished the experiment while teaching his students an important lesson. No, the principal was wrong to trust Ben because Ben used his authority as a teacher to manipulate his students and he undermined their self-confidence. He led them to believe that following a leader was a positive thing. 20. Robert is unhappy with his life because he lives under the shadow of his overachieving brother. Robert himself is the class loser, the one other students laugh at, an outcast who no one wants to sit next to. He is a bad student who doesn't say a word in class and his appearance is neglected. Amy- she is in constant competition with Laurie over grades, boys and popularity. 21. Thinking skill I chose: Explaining cause and effect As a result of the experiment, the students who used to be naïve and sheltered, become aggressive and even use intimidation and violence to force others to join their movement. 22 a) The Wave's role is to show the students how a Fascist organization succeeds in recruiting members who then follow a leader obediently without thinking for themselves and use

6 violence in order to ensure the organization's success. The Grapevine, on the other hand, represents freedom of speech and thought democratic values that cannot exist in The Wave. b) On the one hand, The Wave members fear that the special edition might put an end to the movement. Therefore, Robert wants to stop Laurie. On the other hand, this special edition allowed other students who were intimidated by Wave members to express their feelings. Part III (20 points) 23. A Summer's Reading / Bernard Malamud According to the quote, reading as a teenager leads to success, it helps pick up information, and it expands the reader's horizons. This might be the reason why Mr. Cattanzara tries to motivate and encourage George to read and doesn't try to persuade George to complete his formal education. Mr. Cattanzara, like Peggy Gisler and Marge Eberts, knows that reading can enrich a teenager's life, arouse his curiosity and help him see solutions to his problems. By reading George might find something that will interest him and he might even want to work at it. This might change George's life and make it possible for him to achieve what he wants (the better life he wished for). 24. The Road Not Taken / Robert Frost The quote speaks about the man who dares and takes a chance. In the poem 'The Road Not Taken', the speaker also takes a chance. He dares to choose the road that few people have chosen instead of the sure conventional way. The speaker decides to take the road less traveled by, the one that was grassy and wanted wear. According to Dale Carnegie, if you want to aim higher, you should not choose the "sure thing". In our poem, however, the question whether indeed the speaker "got far from shore" and achieved great things is unclear. His sigh might show either satisfaction or regret.