Hmm, I think you are partly right. Passage 2 didn't downplay obesity as such, it was basically saying that we live in a society that is image-obsessed and so the media and organisations which promote weight loss seem to class average looking people as obese.
It was more the idea of examining people's ridiculous classifications of what is obese, and
that is what Passage 2 said was the problem, whereas Passage 1 said obesity actually IS a problem.
I thought both passages were really interesting, and there were lots of Understanding questions which I think most people were pleased about

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right... so lemme see, say about 40 outta 50 for close reading and atleast 15 for each essay... hmmm... not looking forward to august

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40+15+15 = 70 (if my maths is right which it should be considering my higher exams on friday) and it is about 70% for an A! Id probably faint with shock with I got an A for english, I almost, always seem to lose marks on stupid questions and because some of my sentences make no sense because ive spelt a word like a different word and it makes no sense if anybody but me reads it through!! oh well, i think my whole paper made sense, i read my essays through about 5 times!
Oooh stop panicking! You probably will get an A, and don't be shocked if you do!
I would say I've got about 40ish for the close reading, between 15-18 for my first essay, and my 2nd essay was basically the one i did in my prelim which i got 22 for...so i'm being safe and saying about 19-20 for that.
Hopefully we all get As!