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The document provides instructions for an English exam paper. It includes two texts - one describing addiction to mobile phones and another listing ways smartphones have changed lives. It instructs students to read these texts and answer questions on the paper.

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Grade 9 Ig-Paper 2-Insert..

The document provides instructions for an English exam paper. It includes two texts - one describing addiction to mobile phones and another listing ways smartphones have changed lives. It instructs students to read these texts and answer questions on the paper.

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INSERT : ENGLISH : 2021 - 2022

CENTRE NUMBER : IN462/IN075

NAME: CLASS /DIV.: 9 A B C D E F ROLL NO.:

SUBJECT : English PAPER: 2 DATE : 18-10-21

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BELOW :

1. Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Question Paper.


2. If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the
Booklet.
3. Write your roll number and name on all the work you hand in.
4. Write in dark blue or black pen.
5. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters and glue or correction fluid.
6. Answer all questions
7. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
8. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
9. Dictionaries are not permitted.
10. This document consists of 4 pages. ( 3 printed + 1 blank )

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Read Text A and Text B in the insert and then answer Section A, Question 1 on this
question paper.

Section A: Directed Writing

Text A
This article describes the addiction we have to our mobile phones.

In America they call it 'distracted walking', and from this month, pedestrians in Honolulu who
text or check their mails while crossing the road will be fined. The Hawaiian capital is the first
big US city to bring in such a law, but it may start a global trend. According to a survey in the
UK, three-quarters of motorists are alarmed by the frequency with which they encounter
digitally distracted pedestrians crossing the road without paying attention.

In less than a decade, our streets have been transformed by these 'smombies' (smartphone
zombies). It's evidence of the hold, phones have over us. I recently installed the Moment app,
which tracks time spent on the phone. It turned out to be six hours a day for me. Six hours! I
felt queasy.

So how can we become less dependent on our smartphones? The author Sebastian Junger
has a solution: get an old-fashioned flip phone instead. I'm not quite ready for that, so instead
I've pared down the distractions on my existing phone. Notifications are gone and I've signed
out of mobile Twitter and Facebook. I'm going to use my phone ... as a phone.

I'm also following the Moment app's 'bored Et brilliant' challenge, which aims to get users to
remember what it's like not to fill every spare moment with screen time. It's sad we need the
telecom's equivalent of a 'quit smoking' programme to wean ourselves off, but, frankly, it is a
form of addiction.

Day 1 was easy: hide your phone when you're not using it. But Day 5's advice to take a
'fakecation' - pretend you're on holiday and set a fixed time to go off-grid -is already making
me nervous, so I may not arrive at Day 6, when be asked to go outside and observe the
'mindless zombies glued to their phones', and then look up and appreciate nature instead.
Who needs the threat of fines when you have the promise of flowers?

Adapted from 'Battling the Smombies' by Helen Lewis; Sunday Times (1 October
2017).

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Text B

This web post lists the ways in which the latest mobile phones have changed our lives.

• Unlimited selfies
The selfie phenomenon came along with the improvement and development of the cameras
integrated in our smartphones. From celebrities to the average Joe, everyone has jumped on
the bandwagon and taken a selfie before posting it onto a social media site or sharing it
through messaging apps.

• Recording and copying information


We don't have to write down addresses, facts and figures, any more. No need to always have
a paper and pen with us. We can take a photo of a bill or receipt, a list of train times, or just
enter information into an address book or notes.

• Constant and instant communication


Smartphones have revolutionized text messaging with applications that allow easy, instant
exchanges of photos and videos so we can stay in constant contact. And if you aren't good
with words, you can use countless emoticons, which are now an integral part of our daily
language.

• All-in-one device
Smartphones caused a fall in sales for digital multimedia players and compact cameras
because they do both of those jobs in addition to being a phone. It's never been easier to
have access to millions of songs at once, and radio streaming services, than it is today,
because our smartphones provide all the music we could possibly want, and for free. And we
can watch films and Youtube videos too, so they are also mini-TVs.

• Impossible to get lost


One of the most positive changes made by smartphones is the development of maps and
GPS. Even if you don't have an internet connection or if your data usage has run out, maps
can be used without being connected to a network. You can discover new cities or places
without fear, thanks to your smartphone.

• Quick information source


New technologies allow us to easily access information. In addition to free online
encyclopedias, there are many websites to help develop your knowledge. We go straight to
the Internet via our phones to find the answer, and no longer need to depend on our
memories.

Adapted from '5 earthshaking ways smartphones have changed our lives-by Pierre
Vitre; www.androidpit.com

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