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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 1 Reading Passage (Core) Candidates answer on the Question Paper. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.
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May/June 2013 1 hour 45 minutes
Answer all questions in the space provided. If additional space is required, you should use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown. Dictionaries are not permitted. The Reading Booklet Insert contains the reading passage for use with all questions on this Question Paper. The Insert is not assessed by the Examiner. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
2 Read carefully the passage Barracuda Breakfast in the Reading Booklet Insert and then answer all the questions on this Question Paper. Question 1 (a) What is the name of the underwater hotel described in the passage? • ................................................................................... [1]
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(b) From paragraphs three and four (Opened in…designer pyjamas.), explain, using your own words, what the rooms are like in the underwater hotel. .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [2] (c) What effect does the writer achieve by using the short sentence ‘But it is exclusive.’ (line 12)? .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [2] (d) Explain fully, using your own words: (i) what happens in the ‘aquatic habit orientation programme’ described in paragraphs five and six (When you check-in…pushing you in). .................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................. [2] (ii) how the writer’s description of the programme suggests that he is being sarcastic about it. .................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................. [2]
3 (e) From paragraph seven (After a short…) explain, using your own words, how guests reach and enter the hotel. .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [2] (f) Explain, using your own words, what the writer means by the words in italics in the following phrases: (i) ‘self-proclaimed water sports capital of the world’ (line 4) .................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................. [2] (ii) ‘veered off the road in your large hi-tech caravan’ (lines 10–11) .................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................. [2] (iii) ‘limitless opportunities’ (line 15) .................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................. [2]
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4 (g) Re-read paragraphs three to five (Opened in…go far wrong.). The writer uses the following phrases to make fun of what he finds on his visit to the underwater hotel. Choose three of the following phrases and then explain how each one of them helps you to understand what amuses him: • • • • ‘more of a submerged caravan than a hotel’ (line 12) ‘only spies are fish such as barracudas’ (line 13) ‘colourful marine life…observing at close-range, tourists in their colourful designer pyjamas’ (lines 17–18) ‘secret of putting flippers on is that there is no secret’ (lines 21–22)
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5 (h) Re-read paragraph five (When you check-in…) to the end of the passage. Write a summary of what happens when you stay at the underwater hotel from when you check-in until you leave. Write a paragraph of about 50–70 words. .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... [7] [Total: 30]
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6 Question 2 Imagine that you have just spent a night at the hotel described in the passage. Write a letter to a friend in which you: • • describe your experience explain what your friend would and would not like about a visit there.
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