English

Stage 4

Paper 1 Non-fiction 2022

1 hour

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INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read Text A, a newspaper report, in the insert. Then answer questions 1–7.

1 Read the whole text quickly.

What is the name of the newspaper?

[1]

2 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–4).

What did the people staying in the hotel complain about?

[1]

3 Look at the second paragraph (lines 5–10).

(a) What does state-of-the-art mean? Tick () one box.

most basic

most modern

most decorative

most comfortable

[1]

(b) Give two adverbs from the second paragraph.

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• [2]

4 Look at the fourth paragraph (lines 15–18).

Why are inverted commas ( ‘ ’ ) used around the words Robot Hotel?

[1]

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5 Look at the fifth paragraph (lines 19–22).

(a) Connectives are used to structure the ideas.

Give two connectives from the fifth paragraph.
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• [2]

(b) Why did one type of robot keep waking up guests in the middle of the
night?

[1]

6 Look at the last sentence (line 23).

Explain how this sentence links back to both the beginning of the article and to
the third paragraph (lines 11–14).

Link to first sentence:

Link to third paragraph:

[2]

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7 Do you think using robots in the Kyojin Hotel is a good idea? Tick () one box.

Yes

No

Explain why you think it is either a good idea or a bad idea. Give two reasons.
Support each reason with a quotation from the text.

Reason 1:

Quotation 1:

Reason 2:

Quotation 2:

[4]

Now read Text B in the insert, and answer questions 8–14.

8 How is the text structured to make the information easy to read?

Give three ways.
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9 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–4).

Why are apostrophes ( ’ ) used in this paragraph? Tick () one box.

Apostrophes are used to show

possession.

direct speech.

missing letters.

compound words.

[1]

10 Which word is repeated in paragraphs 1–4 to show that the information is

surprising?

[1]

11 Look at the fourth paragraph (lines 12–14).

Why are some robots green?

[1]

12 Give one example of each of the following:

(a) alliteration in the second paragraph

[1]

(b) a simile in the last paragraph

[1]

13 Most of the information given is about inventions of the future.

Give the name of one invention in Text B that is already in use.

[1]

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14 Text B is an information text.

Which typical feature of an information text is found in Text B? Tick () one
box.

The text is written in the past tense.

There is a statement introducing the topic.

There are time connectives to link the events.

The tone is formal to make the text impersonal.

[1]

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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

15 Write a newspaper report about an invention that can help people.

Think about the following ideas:

• What does the invention do?

• How does it help people?
• How could you improve it in the future?

Planning
Spend up to five minutes making notes to plan your writing.

Space for your plan:

Write your newspaper report on the next page. [25 marks]

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