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Read Text 1 and answer questions 1-20 on pages 1-4 of the Question-Answer Book for Part A.

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More teens would rather text their friends than hang out IRL

Q1 [1] Either teens are delusional about their social media use, or adults are freaking out over nothing. That seems
to be one conclusion of Common Sense Media’s 2018 Social Media, Social Life survey, which polled a
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nationally representative group of more than 1 000 US teens on their use of and feelings about Instagram,
Q2B Facebook, Snapchat and their ilk.
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5 [2] First, the concerning news: Social media use is way up and smartphones are now near ubiquitous. But teens
Q3i also say that using social media strengthens their friendships with family and friends, provides them with a
valuable source of creative self-expression, and makes them feel less lonely and more connected. They are
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Q3ii and they know that tech companies are out to get their attention, designing products to keep them tethered to
Q4i 10 their phones. But in sum, they’ve got things handled.

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Q5 Filucci, chief executive editor of parenting content at Common Sense. ‘Through their experiences they are
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grown-ups: Social media is an inevitable part of life, with upsides and downsides, and they are dealing as best
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Q7iii [4] The survey is self-reported, which means it has limitations. (We can pretty easily delude ourselves, not to
Q7iv mention others.) But in comparison to a separate, nationally representative group of 13-to-17-year-olds Common
Sense surveyed in 2012, it shows how teens’ social-media usage and attitudes are generally changing over time.
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[5] By this measure, some of the news seems a bit alarming. The percentage of teens who engage with social
20 media multiple times a day rose from 34% in 2012 to 70% in 2018. Sixteen percent report using social media
Q20A ‘almost constantly,’ and another 22% say they use it several times an hour.
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[6] Perhaps most worrisome from the vantage point of grown-ups who feel there is real value in human, face-
to-face connection is this: In 2012, the share of teens who reported that their favourite way to communicate in
person was 49%. That figure has since dropped by almost half, to 32% in 2018. Texting is now teens’
25 communication method of choice.

[7] Ron Dahl, director of the Center on the Developing Adolescent at the University of California, Berkeley,
says this may be because teens don’t differentiate the way adults do between in-person and tech-related
communication. Texting offers the teen brain – which is super-sensitive about how others evaluate them – more
control, which they like. ‘Interacting in real time is riskier, and it’s even riskier when you are self-conscious,’ he
30 says. ‘Social media allows more editing.’

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Q8iii [8] The study also noted some stark changes in platforms’ popularity over the past six years. In 2012, 68% said
Facebook was their main social media site. In 2018, that figure had plummeted to 15%; in case you have been
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asleep for five years, Instagram and Snapchat now rule.
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Q12 [9] There is growing awareness about the intense growth and heightened sensitivity of teens’ brains in
35 adolescence. Neurobiological and hormonal changes elevate their desire to feel a sense of belonging, to be
respected and admired, and to find meaning. It is a period of peak growth and potential, but also tremendous
Q13 risks. (It is no coincidence that the risk of death rises dramatically in adolescence, from causes including
Q14i suicide, violence, depression, substance abuse, and sexually-transmitted diseases, to name a few.) Smartphones
seem to amplify and exacerbate what is already happening, including a strong desire to communicate
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40 and connect. As danah boyd* says, teens are not addicted to technology, they are addicted to each other.
Q14iii Tech is simply their medium.
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[10] Both Dahl and Lisa Damour, a psychologist and author, argue there is one area that adults should be truly
concerned about: Teens’ sleep. ‘We know all we need to know about the importance of sleep to human
Q15ii functioning,’ Damour says. ‘If we wanted to invent something to undermine thriving, we would invent
45 something to undermine sleep.’ The phone may qualify. Damour says one of the only longitudinal studies to
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[11] Dahl says smartphones can initiate a vicious cycle: A teen is anxious and worried, so he uses his phone at
night, which stimulates his brain and body and causes him to ruminate more. Meanwhile, the light from the

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Q19i [13] The study warns of plenty of risks that come with social media. Teens who report lower social and
Q19ii 55 emotional well-being (which the survey assessed) were significantly more likely to be cyberbullied: a shocking
35%, compared to 5% of those kids on the higher end of the social-emotional well-being scale. Filucci says we
need to figure out how to ID these kids and help them.
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Q20C [14] But by large margins, teens say they are doing okay. ‘Across every measure in our survey, teens are more
Q20D likely to say that social media has a positive rather than a negative effect on how they feel,’ the report says.

60 [15] In other words, teens seem to be figuring how to manage their phone use through the time-tested tactic of
trial and error. Filucci says parents should encourage their kids to think critically about the costs and benefits of
screen time. ‘As parents, we want to jump in and solve everything. To some extent, we need to let them
negotiate some of those social dynamics on their own.’

* danah boyd is an academic and researcher who has for over a decade researched how young people use social media as
part of their everyday practices. In 2000, she legally changed her name to be written in lower case.

Source: adapted from Jenny Anderson’s ‘More teens would rather text their friends than hang out IRL’, Quartz by Atlantic
Monthly Group Inc, 10 Sep 2018. Reproduced with permission of Atlantic Monthly Group Inc.

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What you need to know about ‘plogging,’ the new eco-friendly fitness craze
This Sweden-born trend is spreading across the globe.

Q21 [1] Running is good for your health. Picking up litter is good for the planet’s health. Why not combine the two?
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[2] That’s the idea behind ‘plogging,’ a new environmentally conscious fitness trend where people pick up
Q23i rubbish while on a run. According to The Washington Post, this exercise-meets-eco-friendly activity started in
Q23ii Sweden and has since spread – primarily via social media – throughout Europe and into the US, Mexico, and
5 beyond. On Instagram alone, there are now more than 10 000 posts tagged #plogging, which is a combination
Q23iii of ‘jogging’ and ‘plocka upp’ (Swedish for ‘pick up’).

Q23iv [3] ‘I read an article [about plogging] and realized I had wasted the last few years of my running life not doing
it,’ Laura Lindberg, a Hoboken, New Jersey resident who first learned of plogging in February, tells SELF. ‘The
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15 [5] From water bottles and liquor bottles to dental flossers, diapers, and cotton swabs, ‘There’s no shortage of
Q28(c) garbage every single day,’ says Lindberg, who typically wears gardening gloves when she plogs, and draws the
Q28(d) line at cigarette butts and ‘anything that looks like it could be urine in a bottle.’ She stashes trash in plastic bags
that she discards at the end of her routes, or drops individual pieces in city bins along the way.
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[6] ‘I’ve spent 30 minutes collecting two big bags of trash – all within 30 feet of my apartment,’ Manchester,
20 New Hampshire-based Abby Drake, who plogs multiple times a week, tells SELF. Drake, a self-described eco-
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conscious consumer, has been plogging for two months after she saw a Facebook video on the trend and
Q30i realized: ‘This is something I could actively do to help.’ Like Lindberg, she chronicles her plogging hauls via
Q30ii(a) Instagram.

Q30ii(b) As for the rules of plogging? Well, there’s really only one: Throw away (or recycle, as appropriate) the
Q31 25 trash you collect.

[7] How often you plog, how much trash you gather each time, what types of trash you collect, and how you
Q34i transport said trash is really up to you.
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[8] ‘There’s no wrong way to do it,’ says Lindberg. ‘It doesn’t matter how much or how little you pick up – it’s
Q34iv an empowering way to engage with your community.’

30 [9] Drake, for example, tries to pick up every single piece of trash that she sees – even tiny shreds of plastic.
‘No piece of trash is too small,’ she says. ‘They all make a difference in the health of our planet.’

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Q32 [10] Certain things, however, are too big. ‘I was running around the northern woods of New Hampshire and
came across the hood of a car rotting away in a swamp,’ recalls Drake. ‘Obviously I can’t pick that up … but I
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really thought about it.’
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Q35i 35 [11] This pick-up-as-much-as-possible mentality means Drake usually ends up with more litter than she can
comfortably tote, so she create piles along the way that she gathers into a large garbage bag when doubling
Q35ii back. Other ploggers will stash trash in smaller plastic bags as they go and some will simply carry it in their
hands (or even clothes).
Q35iii Part of the trend’s allure, say ploggers, is that it is an easy, feel-good way to make a direct impact in your
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[12] ‘It’s empowered me to not feel as frustrated about litter,’ adds Lindberg. ‘I cannot walk by it anymore. It
Q37ii just takes a moment to bend down and pick something up off the ground.’
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[13] ‘Whether you plog one day a week or one day a month, it makes a difference,’ adds Drake. ‘It’s become
my new motivation for running,’ she continues. ‘If I can do something that’s good for my body and good for the
Q39i 45 environment, it gives me an extra oomph to get out and run that day.’
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joggers to pick up. We need full-time government cleaners, with special training and equipment. Most
importantly, we need to produce less waste in the first place.

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You are right about the importance of reduction and about the scale of the problem. However, I think ploggers
can still make a difference in reducing ugliness in their own neighbourhoods. The more people who join, the
bigger difference we can make. We just have to raise public awareness ‒ that’s easier than ever, as these ploggers’
Instagram accounts show. What’s the harm in trying?

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As a running coach with 20 years of experience, I can attest to the fact that seeing unsanitary piles of waste
along my usual running route is a major downer, and from very early on I developed the habit of helping dispose
of at least a few pieces of trash on each run. Through these experiences, I have discovered that ‘plogging’ makes
me take short breaks in my runs which are immediately followed by a burst, which makes it a kind of interval
60 training. One word of caution: be aware of your posture when bending down and make sure you engage your
core muscles. You do not want to accidentally twist your back or pull a tendon.

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Read Text 3 and answer questions 43-63 on pages 1-4 of the Question-Answer Book for Part B2.

Text 3

Startup takes stress out of fed-up workers’ exit plans

Q43i [1] There was the 24-year-old insurance saleswoman who got sick of being yelled at when she couldn’t reach
her quota. Then there’s the exhausted designer who clocked 160 hours of monthly overtime. And the ramen
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noodle shop employee who suffered stress to the point of developing depression.
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Q44A [2] They all shared a common problem: for one reason or another, they couldn’t pluck up the courage to quit.
5 Instead, they asked Exit to make that nerve-wracking call.
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[3] ‘Quitting jobs can be a soul-crushing hassle. We’re here to provide a sense of relief by taking on that
burden,’ said Toshiyuki Niino, co-founder of Senshi S LLC, a startup he and childhood friend Yuichiro Okazaki
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[4] The company operates Exit, a service that relays an employee’s intention to resign for a fee: ¥50 000 for
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indication, many regard it as a worthy investment for some much-needed peace of mind. In the one year since
Niino and Okazaki set up shop, they have mediated the resignations of roughly 700 to 800 clients from across

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Q48i the nation as the number of requests surge.

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Q48ii 15 [6] Amid a tight job market and an improving economy, more workers are changing jobs, lured by higher
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[7] The labour ministry says there were 5.05 million workers in 2017 who found new jobs within a year of
Q50ii leaving their last employment, up about 270 000 from the previous year. Of them, 36.2 percent saw higher
wages, up 0.9 points from 2016.
Q50iii 20 [8] That may bode well for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to shake up Japan’s rigid labour market. But in
Q50iv a nation notorious for its excessive work culture, quitting is still no easy task.
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[9] The piles of paperwork to fill out, bosses incessantly trying to talk subordinates out of leaving and the silent
Q51(a) recrimination filling the workplace all stand in the way, and Niino, who worked for three firms before taking the
Q51(b) entrepreneurial path, says he understands firsthand the psychology of those who cower at the prospect of
25 enduring the daunting process.

[10] ‘Quitting should be something positive,’ the 28-year-old said at the startup’s Tokyo office.

[11] ‘It’s good for companies, too. Employees thinking of resigning generally aren’t very productive. It can
resolve the talent mismatch at an early stage and would help enhance labour market fluidity.’

[12] Corporate Japan has been under pressure to review its labour practices since the high-profile suicide of a
30 24-year-old female employee of advertising giant Dentsu Inc. in 2015 revived the nation’s decades-long struggle
to curb its extreme work ethic. The woman’s death was ruled by labour inspectors as a case of karōshi, or death
from overwork.

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 Q52 [13] Niino and Okazaki said they have worked for clients who felt cornered to the point of considering taking
their own lives. For them, Exit provided a life-saving solution.
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Q54i 35 [14] Once an online request is accepted and the fee is deposited, Exit contacts the employer and notifies them
Q54ii of the client’s intention to resign and how, in most cases, they will no longer be coming in to work. Exit will
relay other requests the client may have, including using up any paid leave, but steers clear of anything that
Q54iii requires a lawyer to handle, such as negotiating severance packages.

[15] ‘We’re strictly the messenger and won’t stick our nose into legal matters,’ Okazaki said.
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Q54v 40 [16] Some employers raise a fuss, demanding they talk to clients directly, but in the end, they have all obliged.
Necessary paperwork and any belongings that need to be returned will be exchanged between the client and
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employer by mail, while Exit will be the conduit for any queries either party may have.
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Q56 [17] The Constitution guarantees the freedom of choosing careers, while the Civil Code ensures the freedom
of retiring, with employment terminating two weeks from the day the request is made. In most cases Exit’s
45 clients use paid holidays for that period, or if they have none left, opt for unpaid leave.
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[18] Work regulations and employment contracts may stipulate a longer notice period, but the law generally
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[22] After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Niino worked for three companies: SoftBank
55 Telecom Corp., which is now part of SoftBank Corp., Recruit Technologies Co., a subsidiary of major human
resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., and CyberBuzz Inc., a group company of advertising firm CyberAgent
Inc.

[23] He only spent one year each in the first two jobs, disillusioned with the work and fed up with bullying
bosses. Each time, leaving was an emotionally draining process. At SoftBank, he endured one-hour meetings
60 with five of his superiors asking him to stay. At Recruit, a resentful human resources manager reminded him of
the investment the company has made in nurturing young talent like himself.

[24] Okazaki, meanwhile, left to study in the United States after graduating from Kaisei Senior High School
in Tokyo, considered one of the best high schools in Japan. He dropped out of the University of North Texas
after three years and returned to Japan, where he spent short stints as a formwork carpenter and as a demolition
65 worker, before settling down in the nightlife industry.

[25] ‘I was never interested in a corporate job,’ the 29-year-old said.

[26] When Niino called last year and sought his opinion on the idea for Exit, Okazaki was working at a hostess
club in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, Japan’s largest adult entertainment area. Now the two jokingly describe
themselves as representing both white- and blue-collar workers.

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Q63i 70 [27] ‘We’d been discussing about doing something together for a long time, and this concept seemed
promising,’ Okazaki said. ‘There’s definitely demand out there. Personally, I’m perplexed as to why people find
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it hard to quit, but I do sense that this atmosphere is prevalent in Japan.’

[28] The company has already been approached by a venture capital firm interested in investing in the business,
a proposition they may take up to boost advertisement and establish brand dominance. Smelling opportunity,
75 several similar services have sprung up since the two launched the startup last year.

[29] The company is also looking beyond just helping workers quit. They want to help people find new jobs
as well.

[30] Exit eventually plans on using data accumulated from clients to provide staffing services.

[31] ‘The recruitment industry is hungry for the type of information we collect,’ Niino says.

Source: adapted from Alex Martin’s ‘Startup takes stress out of fed-up workers’ exit plans’, The Japan Times, 28 Aug 2018.

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Read Text 1 and answer questions 1-20. (42 marks)

Ans 1. Find a phrase in paragraph 1 that suggests the state of ‘being extremely upset or affected without a cause’.

Ans 2. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of social media mentioned in paragraph 2?

A. making existing relationships stronger

B. connecting more easily with others
C. learning about the world A B C D
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She thinks social media has had _____ effect on teens.
A. zero
B. very little
C. a positive A B C D
D. a negative

Ans ii) How confident is Filucci about this conclusion? Quote a phrase from the text to illustrate your
answer. (2 marks)

Ans 5. According to paragraph 3, adults think that social media is …

A. something that cannot be improved.

B. a blend of both good and bad.
C. unfairly given a bad name. A B C D
D. getting worse all the time.

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Ans 6. According to paragraph 4, which of the following is true about the 2012 and 2018 Common Sense surveys?

A. The 2012 survey was flawed because social media was not as widely used then.
B. The 2018 survey more accurately reflected reality than the 2012 survey.
C. A change in teens’ attitudes and use of social media can be observed. A B C D
D. Both surveys involved the same sample of respondents.

7. Decide whose views, teens’ or adults’, each of the following statements relates to based on the information
in paragraphs 5-7. Blacken ONE circle only for each statement. (4 marks)

teens adults
Ans i) In-person communication is important.

Ans ii) Social interaction in real time is stressful.

Ans iii) Texting is the standard mode of communication.

Ans iv) Talking in person and texting are very different.

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A. They have newly set up strict regulations for users.
B. They are the most popular social media channels now.
C. They will be the most popular platforms for the next five years. A B C D
D. They are competing to become the key player in the tech industry.

Ans 10. What does ‘it’ in line 36 refer to?

Ans 11. According to paragraph 9, what is the writer’s view of the role of smartphones in teens’ lives?

A. They help teens keep track of their physical development.

B. They serve as tools for teens to meet their social needs.
C. They cause teens to become hypersensitive. A B C D
D. They cause addictive behaviour in teens.

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Ans 12. What does ‘there is one area that adults should be truly concerned about’ (lines 42-43) imply?

Ans 13. Based on the findings of the longitudinal study described in paragraph 10, which of the following should
teens avoid?

A. limiting phone use after school

B. having a time check on their phone use
C. checking media updates in their free time A B C D
D. keeping their phones turned on beside their beds

14. Complete the sentence below based on the information in paragraph 10. Use ONE word only for each
blank. All answers can be found in paragraph 10. (3 marks)
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16. According to paragraph 12, on what occasions do teen respondents consciously reduce their phone use,
and on what occasions do they not? (3 marks)
i) Teens reduce their phone use …
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Ans – .

ii) Teens do not reduce their phone use …

Ans – .

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Ans 17. According to paragraph 13, who is more susceptible to cyberbullying?

Ans 18. What does ‘ID’ in line 57 stand for?

19. Complete the following summary of paragraphs 14 and 15. Use ONE word only for each blank. Make sure
your answers are grammatically correct. All answers can be found in the specified paragraphs. Pay attention
to word forms, plurals, etc. (4 marks)

According to the survey, respondents more readily admitted that technology had impacted them
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20. Which of the following subheadings should be placed in the positions A-D indicated in the text? Write the
letters (A-D) next to the matching subheadings. One subheading is not used. (4 marks)

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Subheadings Letters (A-D)

The real problems with phone use Ans __________

Teen health issues on the rise __________
Shifts in usage and attitude Ans __________
Kids feeling alright and doing fine Ans __________
Learning as they grow Ans __________

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1
PART B1
QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK EASY SECTION

Write your Candidate Number in the space provided on this page.

Read Text 2 and answer questions 21-42. (42 marks)

Ans 21. Find a word in the subheadline with a similar meaning to ‘craze’ (title).

Ans 22. What does the information ‘there are now more than 10 000 posts tagged #plogging’ (line 5) suggest?

23. Complete the fact sheet below using the information in paragraphs 1 and 2. You may use more than one
word for some blanks. (4 marks)

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24. What does ‘I had wasted the last few years’ (line 7) suggest about Lindberg?
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A. She thinks running is pointless.
B. She regrets littering in the past.
C. She wishes she had started plogging earlier. A B C D
D. She once misunderstood the purpose of plogging.

Ans 25. Why is plalking described as ‘a more accessible cousin of plogging’ in paragraph 4?
Because …

A. walking covers longer distances.

B. walking is more popular than jogging.
C. picking up litter is hard when walking. A B C D
D. walking is easier for more people than jogging.

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Ans 26. How many times a week does Lindberg most probably go out picking up trash?

A. 1-2 times
B. 4-5 times
C. 7-8 times A B C D
D. 10-12 times

Ans 27. List TWO words used in paragraph 4 that refer to the things ploggers pick up during exercise.

28. Which of the following are NOT mentioned in paragraph 5 as a type of waste? Put a ‘tick’ (✓) in the
correct boxes. (2 marks)

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29. What does the writer mean when stating that Lindberg ‘draws the line at cigarette butts’ (lines 16-17)?

A. She doesn’t pick them up.

B. She dislikes plogging them.
C. She doesn’t think they are waste. A B C D
D. She enjoys arranging them into a line.

30. i) Where do most people learn about plogging? (1 mark)

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A. advertisements
B. the Internet
C. the news A B C D
D. school

ii) Which individual(s) mentioned in the article … (2 marks)

Ans learnt about plogging this way?

Ans shared their experiences of plogging this way?

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Ans 31. In paragraph 8, Lindberg’s attitude regarding plogging is …

A. strict.
B. changing.
C. uncertain. A B C D
D. worry-free.

Ans 32. Find a word in paragraph 11 that has a similar meaning to ‘way of thinking’.

33. i) What practical plogging issue is mentioned in paragraph 11? (1 mark)

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ii) What THREE common practices are mentioned in the same paragraph? (3 marks)

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34. Decide if the following apply to Lindberg and/or Drake. Some may apply to both and some may apply to
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Ans ii) plalks regularly

Ans iii) once disposed of a car hood

Ans iv) tries to pick up every piece of waste

35. Match the following speech bubbles with the benefits of plogging mentioned in paragraphs 12 and 13.
Describe the corresponding benefits using direct quotes from the specified paragraphs and write the
answers under the correct speech bubbles. (3 marks)

It’s a win-win for It gives me a sense of control My efforts actually

myself and the planet. over the garbage problem in count.
my neighbourhood.

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Ans 36. Which of the following can best replace ‘oomph’ in line 45?

A. time
B. drive
C. waste A B C D
D. speed

37. i) What is Barry’s opinion of plogging? (1 mark)

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Ans ii) What makes him think this way? (1 mark)

Ans 38. What suggestion does Barry give in his comment that he thinks could help tackle the litter problem?

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39. Complete the flow chart below based on Pat’s suggestions regarding how ploggers can make a bigger
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Plogging makes (iv) difference.

40. What opinions do Barry and Pat share? (2 marks)

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Ans 41. What message is Pat trying to convey when asking ‘What’s the harm in trying?’ (line 54)?

A. to suggest that plogging is harmful

B. to suggest that Barry should try plogging
C. to say that it is worth giving plogging a try A B C D
D. to criticize Barry for being too narrow-minded

42. Determine whether the following statements are True, False, or if the information is Not Given in Vicky’s
comments. Blacken ONE circle only for each statement. (2 marks)
T F NG

Ans i) Vicky started plogging after being inspired by plogging posts

on Instagram.

Ans ii) Vicky has injured herself before while plogging.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1
PART B2
QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK DIFFICULT SECTION

Write your Candidate Number in the space provided on this page.

Read Text 3 and answer questions 43-63. (42 marks)

43. What THREE things did the people mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 have in common? Answer by
completing the sentences below. (3 marks)

Ans i) They all felt .

Ans ii) They all lacked on their own.
Ans iii) They all sought help from .

Ans 44. Based on the information in paragraphs 3 and 4, which of the following statements is NOT true?

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B. broke even within the first 12 months.

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D. had more business than they expected in the first year.

46. Why do you think more workers are changing jobs in Japan ‘amid a tight job market and an improving
Ans economy’ (line 15)?

Ans 47. Based on the figures given by the labour ministry, which of the following is correct?

A. More than five million workers were re-employed within one year in 2016.
B. Less than half of the workers who changed jobs got a higher salary.
C. Workers who changed jobs in 2016 got no pay rise. A B C D
D. 0.9 percent of workers got re-employed in 2016.

48. Find words/phrases in paragraphs 8 and 9 that have similar meanings to the following. (2 marks)

Ans i) be a good sign

Ans ii) non-stop

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49. According to paragraph 9, what THREE hurdles do job leavers have to overcome when they announce
their intention to resign? (3 marks)

Ans i)
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50. Based on the information in paragraphs 10 and 11, complete the following short text. Use ONE word only
for each blank. All answers are used in the specified paragraphs. (5 marks)

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Niino encourages employers to see (i) jumping ship in a
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(ii) light, pointing to the fact that most job quitters tend
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51. What was the cause and the effect of the woman’s death mentioned in paragraph 12? (2 marks)

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Ans 52. Why do Niino and Okazaki say ‘Exit provided a life-saving solution’ (line 34) for their clients?

Ans 53. Find an example of ‘legal matters’ (line 39) mentioned in paragraph 14.

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54. Complete the following notes on Exit’s work mode based on the information in paragraphs 14-16. You may
use more than one word for each blank. Make sure your answers are grammatically correct. (6 marks)

Exit’s work mode

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Step 1: A client contacts Exit (i) and requests its service.

Step 2: Exit accepts the job request.

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Step 3: Exit receives a (ii) from the client.
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56. What does ‘that period’ (line 45) refer to?
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57. According to paragraph 19, some bosses had no knowledge of …

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A. quitting notifications.
B. quitting notification services.
C. the cause of their workers’ quitting. A B C D
D. their workers quitting through an intermediary.

58. What two factors make Exit’s business idea a strong one? (2 marks)

Ans i)
Ans ii)

Ans 59. What does the statement ‘Unlike most early-stage startups, Senshi S … is already profitable’ (lines 50-51)
suggest about most early-stage startups?

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Ans 60. How did the human resources manager at Recruit try to make Niino feel about leaving?

A. misunderstood
B. frustrated
C. annoyed A B C D
D. guilty

61. The summary below is based on the information in paragraphs 22-26. In three of the lines, there is ONE
mistake. If you find a mistake, underline the mistake and replace the word with a word or phrase that
expresses the correct idea. Write the word in the space on the right. If there is no mistake, put a ‘tick’ (✓)
in the space. One has been done as an example. (4 marks)

Summary Correction
e.g. Okazaki studied at a notorious high school in Japan prestigious

i) He then studied at a university in the US

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63. i) What other services does Exit plan to offer in future? (1 mark)
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Ans ii) Do you think Exit would have an edge should it choose to expand in these directions? (1 mark)

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