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ENGLISH 1111/01
Paper 1 Non-fiction October 2021
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Tiger spotting
If you want to try to see tigers in the wild, it is worth learning some basic tracking and
observation techniques.
Always look for fresh tracks, which are clean with no dust or debris, and follow them if you can.
Tigers have sensitive paws, so they prefer using jungle trails rather than the alternative that they
sometimes have to do of blasting their way through thick, thorny undergrowth. If the paw prints 5
are on top of a wheel mark, then they are obviously recent.
The territories of tigers and leopards often overlap, and their tracks can easily be confused. An
adult tiger’s print is at least 7.5 centimetres wide, a leopard’s not more than 6 centimetres, and
the male’s is wider than the female’s.
Tigers are betrayed by the alarm calls they provoke in other animals. Spotted deer give a short, 10
high pitched ‘woo’ when alarmed, while the bellow of a sambar, which is the largest of the deer
family and the tiger’s ultimate dish, really does mean tiger and nothing else.
Tigers are mostly nocturnal, but in reserves where they are confident of protection, they move
and even hunt by day. Nevertheless, early mornings and evenings are ideal times to see them.
Each season has its advantages. From October to December, the parks are beautiful and lush 15
after the rains. In February and March, the vegetation has often been burned or deliberately cut
back, which improves visibility, but animals are easily disturbed. April to June is hotting up
towards the monsoon, and water becomes scarce. So, waterholes are the best place to look.
Travel by elephant if you get the chance. You can cover rough terrain and get off the beaten
track, and most elephant drivers are good at following tigers. Elephants often rumble when a 20
tiger’s around and sometimes trumpet when close to one.
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ENGLISH 1111/01
Paper 1 Non-fiction October 2021
1 hour 10 minutes
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Section A: Reading
Spend 40 minutes on this section.
Read Text A, in the Insert, and then answer questions 1–11.
1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–6).

Give one adjective that describes dull colours.
[1]
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Why does the writer use the short question and answer above?
[1]
3 Lines 3–6 tell the reader about the first and second stages of Caro’s research.
What does the reader learn about the second stage compared to the first?
[1]

What does the phrase above tell the reader about the writer’s opinion of safari guides?
[1]
5 Give one quotation from the second paragraph (lines 7–11) that tells the reader zebras have
stripes in order to send a message to other animal species.
[1]
6 The writer uses a long sentence in lines 9–11.

Why?
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How did Caro put himself in danger?
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8 Look at the fourth paragraph (line 19).

Why has the writer used a short paragraph here in the text?
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9 Why does the writer use a colon in line 24?
[1]

What do the quotations above tell the reader about Caro’s character?
Tick () two boxes.
Caro is
fearless.
stubborn.
inventive.
systematic.
carefree.
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Read Text B, in the Insert, and then answer questions 12–18.
12 What is the main purpose of Text B?

Tick () one box.
to encourage people to visit parks where wild tigers can be seen
to warn people about the dangers of watching tigers in the wild
to show people the best way of protecting wild tigers
to advise people how to see a tiger in the wild
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13 What does the word blasting (line 5) tell the reader about the way that tigers move through
the jungle when there are no trails?
[1]
14 What is the main purpose of the third paragraph (lines 7–9)?
[1]
15 Look at lines 8–9: ‘… a leopard’s not more than 6 centimetres, and the male’s is wider than
the female’s.’
What is this an example of? Tick () one box.
contraction
a synonym
ellipsis
an abbreviation
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16 Why is the word woo (line 11) in inverted commas ( ‘ ’ )?
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17 The writer uses the phrase the tiger’s ultimate dish (line 12).
What does the phrase above tell the reader?
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18 (a) Complete the table below about tigers, using information from the text.
• jungle trails
Where are the best places to see tigers in
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the reserves?
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Which are the best times of day to see
tigers?
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What are the signs to look for? •
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What are the signs to listen for?
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(b) Summarise what you should do in order to see a tiger in a reserve. Use up to 40 words.
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Section B: Writing
19 Some people believe that it’s wrong to keep animals in captivity in zoos. Others think zoos do
valuable conservation work while allowing the public to see unusual or endangered animals.
What do you think, and why? Write a balanced argument, giving your opinions.
You could include some of the following:
• whether you think it’s better to see animals in the wild or in zoos
• your own experience of seeing animals in different environments
• your own ideas about animals.
Space for your plan:
Write your argument on the next page. [25 marks]
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Text for Section A, an extract from ‘Little Liar’ by Julia Gray
Nora is a young, teenage girl who has been sent to stay with a family friend who runs a special
guesthouse in a remote part of Scotland.
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At present, I am staying with my Aunt Petra, who is not my aunt at all, but a lifelong friend of
mother’s. The name ‘Petra’, means rock, but there is nothing rocklike about my non-aunt, who is
as curved and soft as candyfloss. She runs a guesthouse here, in the Scottish Highlands, with
her husband Bill. People come to relax, and meditate and heal. They walk beside the lochs* that
lie on either side of the peninsula; they learn about Thai food and how to build walls. I’ve been 5
here a fortnight or so. There are six other guests, and mostly we keep ourselves to ourselves.
Two people are doing a silent retreat, which makes for minimal interaction. Another guest, with
whom I’m now on quite friendly terms, is recuperating after an accident. The rest are yoga
devotees.
It’s July, not that you can tell; every day dawns uniformly grey, and the rain cycles from a 10
spatter to a thundery relentlessness. When the sun does come out, it does so apologetically,
like a ballerina who is unsure of her entrance on stage. I do not mind the weather. The climate
suits me.
Aunt Petra is keen for me to take part in classes and workshops: T’ai Chi, for example, or
Spiritual Healing (this one, she feels, might be especially appropriate). Each morning, over 15
porridge resembling wet sand in colour and texture, she tries to sign me up. Each morning, I
decline. I came to Scotland for peace and silence, not to participate in her Organised Wellness.
However, I do quite often agree to take her dog, Oscar, for a walk. As long as it isn’t raining too
hard, Oscar and I wander through fields thick with stubby nettles, beating pathways down to the
loch; or else we follow one of the narrow tracks that crisscross through woodland to the top of 20
the peninsula, passing isolated farms and small rivers, until we reach one of the nearby villages.
And then it begins to rain harder, and we wait for a bus to take us back.
This morning, I made an announcement. I don’t know who was more surprised, Aunt Petra or
me.
‘I’m going to write,’ I said. 25
Aunt Petra paused at the breadboard. ‘To . . . to what, love? To light?’
‘Write,’ I said.
‘Poems? Fairy tales?’
‘Something like that.’
She couldn’t have been more pleased. Before I knew it, Bill was bringing in an old sewing table 30
with a missing foot, like a lame calf, and setting up a computer with a yellowed keyboard and
arthritic mouse.
‘What about your wounded arm?’ Petra said, looking down at the bandage that hid the savage
purple scar on which all her lotions and potions had had little effect. I said I’d go slowly, which
was very much my intention, and see how it felt. 35
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I have never tried to write anything before. I’m more of a reader; I don’t like to commit myself to
the page. I’d rather judge others for what they have chosen to commit. There’s a daunting
finality to writing. Even though I am working on a computer, and hardly carving quill-ink letters
onto leathery parchment, even though I can delete and redo to my heart’s content, the words 40
still glower darkly from the screen. We are finished articles, they say. We are evidence. We can
be used against you. In their straight-line sentences, they form a solemn procession, like ants
plodding towards a cliff edge.
Because this is no fairy tale.
It is almost, for want of a better word, a confession. I’d say ‘memoir’, only that conjures 45
something more grown-up than this, something less messy. I quite like the word chronicle. What
I mean to set out is a series of events at which I was present.
I want to explain what I did, and with whom. And where, and when and why. What happened,
and what happened next. The Chronicles of Nora, if you like.
And it will be a true story. 50
What will become quickly apparent is that I have not always told the truth before. To put it
another way: I have told a number of lies. Some of them have been small, and some of them
have been significant.
I am growing familiar with these ancient keys, and it is appropriate that they are keys, I keep
thinking, because something is being unlocked. And although sometimes I think this will drive 55
me mad – the endless, oppressive silence, the rain, the view of the loch through my window – a
small part of me knows that what will really drive me mad is if I let this go unwritten.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE
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ENGLISH 1111/02
Paper 2 Fiction October 2021
1 hour 10 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
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Section A: Reading
Read the Text in the Insert, and then answer questions 1–11.
1 (a) Why is ‘Petra’ an unsuitable name for Aunt Petra?

Tick () one box.
‘Petra’ means rock, but Aunt Petra is …
pale
flexible
plump
delicate
[1]
(b) What does the term ‘Aunt Petra’ tell the reader about Petra’s relationship with Nora and
her mother?
[1]
2 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–9).

Give one phrase that shows that Petra’s guests did not mix together socially.
[1]
3 Look at this sentence: ‘When the sun does come out, it does so apologetically, like a
ballerina who is unsure of her entrance on stage.’ (Lines 11–12)
What literary techniques does the writer use in the sentence above? Tick () two boxes.
a simile
an oxymoron
alliteration
a euphemism
personification
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4 Look at this sentence: ‘The climate suits me.’ (Lines 12–13)

What does the sentence above tell the reader about how Nora is feeling?
[1]
5 Nora calls Petra’s classes her ‘Organised Wellness’. (Line 17)

What does the phrase above tell the reader about Nora’s attitude towards Petra’s classes
and workshops?
[1]
6 What makes the location of Aunt Petra’s guesthouse especially suitable for people on silent
retreats?
[1]
7 Look at lines 30–35. The writer uses two-word phrases to show that the equipment Bill gives
Nora to write on is old and worn out.
Give four of the phrases.
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8 What evidence is there in the text that Nora is staying at Aunt Petra’s guesthouse as a patient
rather than a visitor? Complete the table below. Give two explanations in your own words
and support each explanation with a quotation from the text. An example has been given.
Explanation in your own words Quotation from the text

Petra is concerned about her and wants her Aunt Petra is keen for me to take part in
to join the classes. classes and workshops.
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9 Look at lines 37–43.
(a) Give one word that means ‘walking slowly’.
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(b) What contrast is Nora making in lines 39–40?
[1]
10 Look at this sentence: ‘Because this is no fairy tale.’ (Line 44)
(a) What techniques does the writer use to emphasise the sentence above? Give two ways.
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(b) How does Nora view her life so far?
[1]
11 Nora feels bad about something that has happened in her life.
Explain how the reader knows this. Give two explanations in your own words, and support
each explanation with a quotation from the text.
Explanation in your own words Quotation from the text
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Section B: Writing
12 Look at this quotation from the text: ‘I want to explain what I did, and with whom. And where, and
when and why. What happened, and what happened next.’
Write your own story about someone who is hiding a big secret.
You could continue Nora’s story, or write about yourself or about someone else.
Write your story on the next page. [25 marks]

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Text A
Lechuguilla
Tim Cahill is an experienced caver. Here, he is exploring Lechuguilla, an underground cave.
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I loved this little room, 305 metres below the surface of the earth. It had been my home for four
days, and these last black seven or eight hours would be my final chance to savour the wonder.
Alone.
The passage itself was tubular, about 2.4 metres in diameter, and it was perfectly white, very
crystalline, so that the walls and ceiling all shone glittery bright in the light from my helmet. The 5
heat from my body loosened a few of the crystals from the ceiling so it looked as if it were
snowing in Lechuguilla Cave.
Lechuguilla is a hot cave. The temperature is a constant 20 degrees Celsius, and the humidity
is over 99 per cent. The smallest effort causes a caver to burst into a sweat, and I had found,
over the past few days of strenuous exploration, that the sweating process continued for about 10
forty-five minutes after I stopped moving.
Because almost nothing lives in the cave, Lechuguilla was devoid of the familiar odours of life
that permeate the outside world. The air smelled clean, wet, and sterile, like freshly washed
laundry, and it had a weight and feel to it, like the gentle caress of damp black velvet. I liked
camping alone in the cave. I never had any trouble sleeping in the silence and absolute 15
darkness of Lechuguilla, probably because I was always so exhausted at the end of each day.
I have been caving, on and off, for about ten years. Still, Lechuguilla had been a surprise. It was
so big, so hot, so intimidating, that it had taken me several days to come to something close to
full comprehension of its marvels: crystals the size of small trees, huge-domed pits, rooms as
high as a thirty-storey building. That so many wonders existed in such profusion in one cave 20
boggled the mind. When I made my first descent, 77.4 kilometres of it had already been
mapped, and explorers map out more passages with each expedition.
Lechuguilla was discovered only four years ago, and it was unique in its size, in its origin, and in
the strange formations found in its immense caverns. It was as if someone had discovered the
Grand Canyon in this day and age. It was a staggering idea. The entire surface of the earth has 25
been mapped. Even the moon has been mapped. But here, under the surface of the American
desert, a new cave had recently been discovered.
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Text B
THE BIG DIG
Why Hong Kong is going underground
With the highest house prices in the world, and most of its land unsuitable for building, Hong
Kong has found a new way to expand – by moving its facilities into caves in the mountains.
The city’s government is encouraging a host of businesses to build new facilities deep inside the
mountains. It is these mountains that have limited the land available for building on. This has
resulted in Hong Kong becoming one of the world’s most densely populated metropolises. 5
Says a Hong Kong town planner, ‘Only about 24% of the land can be developed in Hong Kong;
everywhere else is so hilly that it isn’t cost-effective to build on. So, we want to turn this
constraint into an opportunity.’
Hong Kong already has several developments built inside hills, including a waste transfer
station, a reservoir and train station, and a new project aims to relocate a sewage plant 10
underground. ‘If we can put suitable facilities inside caverns, then we can release precious
surface land for other uses: for example, housing,’ explains a government engineer.
Critics argue that using caverns is technically difficult and very time-consuming. And only a few
hectares will be released each time. Costs can also be a burden; construction underground is
typically twice as expensive as building above ground. However, caverns can benefit from lower 15
maintenance costs than conventional buildings, and never need to be torn down. Furthermore,
residents are less likely to object to unsightly projects if they are buried in the ground.
Energy consumption could also be reduced. Cooler, more consistent temperatures mean less
need for air conditioning, especially during Hong Kong’s hot summers, when the temperature
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1 hour 10 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
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• The insert contains the reading passages.
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Section A: Reading
Read Text A, in the insert, and answer Questions 1–6.
1 (a) Look at lines 1–3.

Why does the writer describe his last hours at Lechuguilla as black?
[1]
(b) What effect does the writer create by using a single-word sentence in the first paragraph?
[1]
2 Give a simile from lines 4–11.
[1]

What is the phrase gentle caress an example of? Tick () one box.
an oxymoron
alliteration
a euphemism
personification
[1]
(b) What does the phrase gentle caress tell the reader about the writer’s attitude to being in
the cave?
[1]
(c) The writer is exhausted at the end of each day (line 16).
Give two pieces of evidence from the text that tell the reader why the writer was so tired.
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What literary techniques does the writer use to show his sense of wonder? Tick () two
boxes.
comparison
strong adverbs
repetition
sentence length
onomatopoeia
[2]
(b) Why does the writer use a colon ( : )?
[1]
(c) The reader learns many things about the cave in lines 17–22.
What are the first and last things the reader learns about the cave?
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What is staggering about the idea? Give two things.
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6 What are the main purposes of Text A? Tick () two boxes.
to persuade more caving enthusiasts to explore the cave
to describe the writer’s personal experience of the cave
to give advice to people who want to visit the cave
to inform the reader about the history of the cave
to explain what is extraordinary about the cave
[2]
Read Text B, in the insert, and answer Questions 7–9.
7 Why is it not possible to build on most of the land in Hong Kong?
[1]
8 Text B is a newspaper article.

Give three features of a newspaper article used in Text B.
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9 (a) You need to decide whether it is a good idea to build a city with some facilities
underground.
Complete the list below, giving the advantages and disadvantages of underground
development, using information from Text B.
Advantages
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frees up space on the surface
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Disadvantages
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not suitable for residential development
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[3]
(b) Summarise the advantages of building a city with some facilities underground. Use up to
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Section B: Writing
10 Imagine you have visited a school with some of its facilities underground. Write a recount of your
visit.
You could include some of the following:
• information about which of the school’s facilities are underground

• what teachers and students at the school say about them
• the benefits and challenges of locating a school under the ground.
Write your recount on the next page. [25 marks]
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Text for Section A, an extract from ‘The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisneros
The house on Mango Street
They always told us that one day we would move into a house, a real house that would be ours
for always so we wouldn’t have to move each year. And our house would have running water
and pipes that worked. And inside it would have real stairs, not hallway stairs, but stairs inside
like the houses on T.V. And we’d have a basement and at least three washrooms so when we
took a bath we wouldn’t have to tell everybody. Our house would be white with trees around it, a 5
great big yard and grass growing without a fence. This was the house Papa talked about when
he held a lottery ticket and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us
before we went to bed.
But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight steps
in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath. Bricks are crumbling in 10
places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in. There is no front yard,
only four little elms the city planted by the curb. Out back is a small garage for the car we don’t
own yet and a small yard that looks smaller between the two buildings on either side. There are
stairs in our house, but they’re ordinary hallway stairs, and the house has only one washroom.
Everybody has to share a bedroom – Mama and Papa, Carlos and Kiki, me and Nenny. 15
Once when we were living on Loomis, a nun from my school passed by and saw me playing out
front. The laundromat downstairs had been boarded up because it had been robbed two days
before and the owner had painted on the wood YES WE’RE OPEN so as not to lose business.
‘Where do you live?’ she asked.
‘There,’ I said pointing up to the third floor. 20
‘You live there?’
There. I had to look to where she pointed – the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa
had nailed on the windows so we wouldn’t fall out. You live there? The way she said it made me
feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded.
I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it. The house 25
on Mango Street isn’t it. For the time being, Mama says. Temporary, says Papa. But I know how
those things go.
Hairs
Everybody in our family has different hair. My Papa’s hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And
me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. Carlos’ hair is thick and straight. He 30
doesn’t need to comb it. Nenny’s hair is slippery – slides out of your hand. And Kiki, who is the
youngest, has hair like fur.
But my mother’s hair, my mother’s hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and
pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding
you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell 35
when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin, and you sleep
near her, the rain outside falling and Papa snoring. The snoring, the rain, and Mama’s hair that
smells like bread.
My Name
In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it 40
means waiting. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings
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when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.
It was my great-grandmother’s name and now it is mine. She was a horse woman too, born like
me in the Chinese year of the horse.
My great-grandmother. I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild 45
she wouldn’t marry. Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off.
Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier. That’s the way he did it. And the story goes she
never forgave him. She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their
sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry
because she couldn’t be all the things she wanted to be. Esperanza. I have inherited her name, 50
but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window.
I would like a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees. Esperanza as
Lisandra or Maritza or Zeze the X. Yes. Something like Zeze the X will do.
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ENGLISH 1111/02
Paper 2 Fiction April 2021
1 hour 10 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
INFORMATION
• The insert contains the reading passage.
IB21 05_1111_02/4RP
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Section A: Reading
Read the Text in the insert, and then answer Questions 1–12.
1 Who is the narrator in the story? Tick () one box.
Papa
Mama
Carlos
Esperanza
[1]
2 The family’s hopes of a better house seem unlikely to come true.

Give one quotation from lines 1–8 that tells the reader this.
[1]
3 Look at the first and second paragraphs (lines 1–15).
(a) What are the differences between the houses described in each paragraph?
Complete the table below with information from the text.
First paragraph Second paragraph
Rooms three washrooms
Condition The bricks are crumbling.
Outside a great big yard
[3]
(b) Why has the writer put these paragraphs next to each other? Use your own words.
[1]
4 Look at this phrase: ‘… windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath.’ (Line 10)
What technique is this an example of?
[1]
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5 Give one quotation from lines 16–20 that tells the reader that Loomis is a dangerous area.
[1]
(a) There is repeated four times in italics.

What does this tell the reader about the attitude of the nun? Tick () one box.
She feels
envy.
confusion.
amusement.
contempt.
[1]
(b) The narrator is embarrassed about the house.

Give one quotation that tells the reader this.
[1]
7 Look at this sentence: ‘But I know how those things go.’ (Lines 26–27)
What does the narrator mean in the sentence above?
[1]
(a) Give one example of each of the following:
a metaphor
repetition
alliteration [3]
(b) What does the reader learn about the mother’s character?
[1]

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9 Look at the section of the text under the heading My Name (lines 39–53).
Why does Esperanza want to change her name? Give two reasons, using your own words.
•
•
[2]

What does this paragraph tell the reader about women’s lives in the past? Complete the table below.
Quotation What it tells the reader
‘… a wild horse of a woman, so wild she

wouldn’t marry.’
‘… my great-grandfather threw a sack over

her head and carried her off.’
‘She looked out the window her whole life,’
[3]
11 What genre of story is this text?

Tick () one box.
historical fiction
science fiction
comical fiction
realistic fiction
[1]
12 Look at the whole text.

Explain four ways that Esperanza wants her life to be different in the future.
[4]
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Section B: Writing
13 Something unexpected happens to Esperanza and her family. Continue the story.
You could include some of the following in your story:
• what happens to Esperanza and her family

• how it changes their lives
• how they feel.
Write your story on the next page. [25 marks]

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This document has 4 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: Insert (enclosed)

This document has 8 pages.

Spend 40 minutes on this section.

Read Text A, in the Insert, and then answer questions 1–11.

1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–6).

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6 The writer uses a long sentence in lines 9–11.

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How did Caro put himself in danger?

Give two examples.

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8 Look at the fourth paragraph (line 19).

9 Why does the writer use a colon in line 24?

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11 Give two features of a newspaper article used in Text A.

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Read Text B, in the Insert, and then answer questions 12–18.

12 What is the main purpose of Text B?

to encourage people to visit parks where wild tigers can be seen

to warn people about the dangers of watching tigers in the wild

to show people the best way of protecting wild tigers

to advise people how to see a tiger in the wild

14 What is the main purpose of the third paragraph (lines 7–9)?

16 Why is the word woo (line 11) in inverted commas ( ‘ ’ )?

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What is the best time of year to see tigers? •

What are the signs to look for? •

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Spend 30 minutes on this section.

You could include some of the following:

Space for your plan:

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

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• This insert contains the reading passage.

This document has 4 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

Text for Section A, an extract from ‘Little Liar’ by Julia Gray

‘I’m going to write,’ I said. 25

Aunt Petra paused at the breadboard. ‘To . . . to what, love? To light?’

‘Poems? Fairy tales?’

‘Something like that.’

So here I am, with time, as well as potions, on my hands.

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Because this is no fairy tale.

And it will be a true story. 50

DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE

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You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: Insert (enclosed)

This document has 8 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

Spend 40 minutes on this section.

1 (a) Why is ‘Petra’ an unsuitable name for Aunt Petra?