Section A [5 marks]

1. Who are the main audience of the advertisement? (Standard)

Designers who are looking for a job/who want to switch jobs. [1]

2. What is the purpose of the questions in point 1-3? Give 2 reasons. (Challenging)

(i) to provide a checklist for potential applicants to see if they are suitable to
apply [1]
(ii) to make the reader feel personally involved in answering the questions [1]
3. The purpose of the infographic is clearly stated. It achieves this effect by using two of
the following features. (Tick two boxes only.) (Standard)

The header

[1]

The words Lets talk

The logo of the organisation

The e-mail address given

[1]

Section B [20 marks]

4

What is the role of the author on board the ship? (Challenging)

He was a visitor/guest to the crew/captain. [1]
Do not accept: crew (he referred to them differently, not like he belonged to their
group)

The air was thick with moisture and the ship was shrouded in noon darkness.
Overhead, the clouds oozed and billowed. The sky rumbled and flashed,
threatening the arrival of rain. (lines 1-3)
Identify words or phrases from the sentences above that correspond with the
following weather features. (Standard)

Meanings

Matching words from the given sentences

High humidity

Air was thick with moisture [1]

Little sunlight

Noon darkness [1]

Thunder

Sky rumbled [1]

Lightning

Flashed [1]

Why was the binoculars named The Big Eyes(line 8)? (Challenging)
It was humungous in size [1] and allowed someone to see very far [1].

7 (a)

What does the phrase came alive (line 12) suggest about the situation on the ship
after the captains announcement? (Standard)
The ship became busy/hectic.
Do not accept: noisy (only talks about sound, no action)

7 (b)

Pick out another sentence in the same paragraph that conveys the same idea.
(Standard)
Everyone prepared for a possible rescue.

Why does the writer say The situation was much worse than we expected. (lines 1819)? (Challenging)
They did not expect there to be so many people [1] and for the boat to be
sinking/to be in a life-and-death situation [1].

Why did the writer describe the babies cries as strange (line 24)? Answer in your
own words. (challenging)
It is not normal to hear children wailing in the middle of the ocean.
Do not accept answers which repeat the words crying/cry/cries, baby/babies &
strange.

10

The author described the adults in the boat talking with pain in their voices (line 26).
Provide two pieces of evidence from paragraph 6 to support phrase. (Standard)
Great fatigue/ extremely tired [1] Do not accept very tired not the same meaning
Sunbaked/ had sun burns all over [1]
Bony/ were starving [1]

11

Which of the following lines from paragraphs 8-9 support the idea that the
Vietnamese refugees were happy? (Tick two boxes only). (Challenging)
Everyone was happy about the successful rescue effort.
..the boat people were, of course, just as human as any of us.
after our guests were properly rested, we ate, sang, and
laughed with them.

but inside, everything felt warm and pleasant.

they must have felt as though they were on the Queen Mary
instead of an old Navy destroyer.
[2]

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What do the following excerpts from Paragraphs 10 suggest about the authors
opinion of the engineman then and now? (Standard)

Based on the following phrase/sentences,

The writer thinks that the engineman is

big, burly, bearded engineman who had

once wanted to avoid the rescue

Uncaring/heartless [1]

She looked very secure as he gently fed

her a life-giving bottle of milk.

Loving/caring [1]

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It was a good
idea to save the
refugees.

No, I think they

shouldnt have
rescued the
refugees.

Thom

Drake

Which student do you agree with? Give two pieces of evidence from the text to support your
opinion. (Standard)
Thom

Drake

Many lives were saved

They had to do a lot of extra work

Everyone was happy in the end

It was not their responsibility/duty to

help

Any point gives 1 mark.

Section C [25 marks]

14

Read the text and match the paragraph or paragraphs with the headings.
Write the correct letter (A-G). The first one has been done for you. There is one other
letter you will not need to use. (standard)
[5]
DO NOT USE ANY LETTER MORE THAN ONCE.

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Paragraph 1

.C.

Paragraph 2

.E.

Paragraph 3

.A.

Paragraph 4

.G.

Paragraph 5

.B.

Paragraph 6

.D.

Emissions into the air and its consequences

Overfishing and its consequences

What humans have done to the oceans

Governments can help the oceans

Declining populations of marine species

How the oceans are dying

Litter and its effects

The author describes the situation as the precipice of a major extinction event (line 7).
Explain in your own words what the author means by this. (challenging)
The author means that the problems faced by the oceans are a perilous sign of
an upcoming mass elimination of species [1].

16

Why does the author say that every fish may be potentially hazardous (line 29)?
(standard)
Mercury levels in fishes are rising [1] and may become poisonous [1] to us.

17

According to paragraph 6, what are the two reasons why governments are the ones
who can do something about this situation? (challenging)
The plight of the oceans affects every country in the world [1]
Only governments have the resources to make this possible [1]

18

Using your own words as far as possible, summarise the factors that contribute to
dying oceans and the effects on marine life and the ocean. (standard)
Use only the material from paragraph 3 of Text 3.
Your summary must be in continuous writing (not note form). It must not be longer than
80 words, not counting the words given to help you begin.
One factor that contributes to the dying ocean is

No

From text

Paraphrased

Oceans heat up

Oceans increase in temperature

Species migrate to cooler waters to

survive

Marine animals move to find cooler

waters to live in

Some inevitably fail in these new habitats

but die in these places

Coral reefs more vulnerable to bleaching

Coral reefs also die

Burning of fossil fuels

Fossil fuels being burned

Shell growth in coral and shelled

creatures is reduced

Decrease number of growing corals

and shells

fish experience reproductive disorders

Causes fishes to have reproductive

problems

Power plant emissions especially from

burning coal

Gasses from coal burning in power

plants

mercury is taken up by sea creatures and Marine life to have increased mercury
concentrated in predatory species
levels

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eventually almost every kind of fish is

going to be potentially hazardous

Possibly making all fishes inevitably

poisonous