Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint

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ENGLISH 1111/02
Paper 2 Fiction April 2018
1 hour plus 10 minutes’ reading time
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Insert

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

This document consists of 8 printed pages and 1 Insert.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the Text in the Insert and then answer questions 1–14.

1 How does Stephen refer to his sister and Cordelia?

THE TEENAGERS

[1]

2 What two things did Stephen do to help him study?

when he wore his ravelling maroon sweater to study

spent a lot of time standing on his head so that the blood would run down into his brain
 and nourish it [2]

3 How does Cordelia react to Stephen’s opinion of time?

Tick () one box.

She is surprised by it.

She is dismissive of it.

She is impressed by it.

She is apprehensive of it. [1]

4 Give one quotation from the text which shows that being inside the streetcar was an
unpleasant experience.

The streetcar is muggy with twice-breathed air and the smell of wool.

[1]

5 What do the words glinting as metal (line 11) suggest about Cordelia’s character?
SHE IS A COLD HEARTED CHARACTER

[1]

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6 ‘We’re impervious, we scintillate, we are thirteen.’ (Lines 11–12)

What does this quotation suggest about the attitude of the girls?
They feel invincible

[1]

7 What action suggests that the girls rebel against their parents?
They take off the kerchiefs

[1]

8 Give three quotations from the seventh paragraph (lines 17–22), which suggest that the girls
have a negative attitude towards some of the women on the streetcar.
‘we think of them as old


 ‘others are bulgy'

 Cheap clothes [3]

9 ‘Then there are the ones who still try for an effect of glamour.’ (Line 23)
Why do these women stand out?

Tick () two boxes.

Their clothes appear ill-fitting.

Their jewellery looks valuable.

Their make-up seems exaggerated.

Their movements are dramatic.

Their appearance is unconventional. [2]

10 The narrator wonders what kind of modern art she is drawing on herself (lines 36–37). What
does this thought remind her of?
(It reminds her) of the old ladies

[1]

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11 ‘The truth, or whatever would make me look good?’ (Lines 39–40)

One of the themes of this extract is friendship. What two things does this quote suggest
about the friendship between the narrator and Cordelia?
She feels the need to impress Cordelia


 They were not always honest

[2]

12 What keeps happening to the narrator while she is walking around the town where she grew
up?
She is constantly women who are not Cordelia

[1]

13 Explain in your own words how the atmosphere of the neighbourhood has changed.
Support your answer with examples from the text.
Explanations Examples

It has become very wealthy looking. It is no longer dowdy, shabby-genteel

.
It looks much brighter There are neon lights.
.

The buildings are more modern. dowdy buildings have been restored.

The buildings are more developed. There are towers of glass

.
It feels less friendly. The buildings are like gravestones of
cold light.

Transport has gone Streetcars no longer run. [4]

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14 Explain in your own words how the theme of time is shown throughout the text. Support your
answers with examples from the text.

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Explanations Examples
The text contains remarks about time; Stephen says time is not a line.
these may be past, present or future. Time is not a line but a dimension

The text refers to what happened in the Are riding on the streetcar
past

The extract moves from past to The teenagers – I look like a

present/deals with getting older. worn-out thirty-five year old.

The narrator talks about the present. I’m having that problem now.

The narrator looks forward to the future I’m going to have a pet iguana.
from the past. [4]

The narrator looks to the future from the She wonders what she would say
present. to Cordelia now
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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

15 Write a story about a person meeting someone whom they have not seen for a long time.

You could consider:

 where they meet

 what memories they have
 how they have both changed
 what has happened since they last met.

Space for your plan:

Write your story on the next page. [25 marks]

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