oD Cambridge Assessment International Education cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint CANDIDATE f 1 = = — NAME Kanes CENTRE i ou L ~ CANDIDATE R nN | tL NUMBER ENGLISH oO 0864/01 ‘April 2024 Paper 1 Non-fiction ‘hour 10 minutes You must answer on the question paper. Youwillneed: Insert (enclosed) INSTRUCTIONS ‘Answer all questions, Use a black or dark blue pen Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. Write your answer to each question in the space provided. Do not use an erasable pen or correction flu. Do not write on any bar codes. INFORMATION ‘+The total mark for this paper is 50. + The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets ( ]. + The insert contains the reading text. ‘This document has 8 pages. 04 o863_o1/4RP SUcLES 2024 [Turn over2 Soction A: Roading Spond 3 minutos on this section Read the text in the insert, an extract from a book about design, and answer Questions 1- 1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 2-7) {a)_ The caller is impressed with the object she is describing Give one phrase that tells the reader this. ; ort (b) Why does the writer use inverted commas (") in the first paragraph? Tick (¥) one box. to quote exactly what someone has said to indicate an unusual meaning for a word to add stress to a word to show that a word has been invented i (c) The first paragraph introduces the idea of everyday objects How does the final sentence of the ist paragraph support this idea? iu) ‘©UcLES 2024 eins3 3. Look at the second paragraph (lines 8-12) (a) Give one word that tells the @) Scar unas '© reader that the object is usually treated differently from the way tt) {b) Other people agree with the caller's According to the writer, which two t Opinion of the object. Ay eictaee things do they like about it? Ithas a name that everyone can remember. Itoffers a clever solution to a problem, Itis easy to clean and store, It'serves a useful function, - Itis simple to describe. ica) 3. Look at the third paragraph (lines 13-18). Explain how the information in the second and third sentences is connected to the last sentence. | The second and third sentences: | Ding. baa The last sentence: siscsom covenant {Tur over4 4 Loser fourth and fith paragraphs (lines 19-28) writer tells the reader Toe sais ine. rae iat a Hernan Woe 8 fan of the plastic tripods is witing in an ironic Choose two quotations from the website and explain how they tell the being onic jor that the woman is First quotation, tM. { Explanation, Second quotation Explanation: se ' 5 Lookat the sixth, seventti and eighth paragraphs (lines 29-44), (a) The manufacturer's name for the plastic tripod is given as 'pi2z8 saver’ Give two other noun phrases from the seventh uses to name the object, paragraph (lines 32-41) which the writer (b) The writer describes the tripod as squal. How does this quality relate to the function of the object? - t ido od ak vale oF le ve (c) What idea in the sith paragraph (lines 29-31) is repeated in the eighth paragraph (lines 42-44)? te dylan. 6 Look at the ninth paragraph (lines 45-53) (a) What does the repetition of some convey to the reader? We vw 7 eManve aay a Corey (b) Give one phrase that the write? uses to avoid repeating the word eggs from earlier in the text pund.and.ocid cole | it cunenae os1/oAMiedGive two ways. Way 1 Wray 2 dso The seventh, eighth and ninth pay Explain the function of 2 8 Look at the whole text (a) Complete the table below with information about pizza savers Appearance Material | Intended use Disadvantages of this use Other uses BI {b) Using information from the table, write @ summary to describe what pizza savers are and the different ways they can be used Write up to 40 words. ta PUCLES 2024 asowowanwaa6 Section B: Writing ‘Spend 35 minutes on this section. 9 Here is the topic for this year's school writing competition: ‘Annual School Writing Competition ‘Small is Beautiful’ wating about an object you use at home You can win this year's prize by ‘ il enough to hold in your hand. or in school and is smal Think about: 6 + what your object is how and when you use it © what you like about it Use the box below to plan your answer. Write your answer on the lines on the next page. 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UcLes 2 {Turn overa tripod hings considered: the piz2 ‘Small t sngthe design of everyday objects, the host inviteg discussing the #¢ne caller hesitatingly began describing = Tasiate but which she marvelled at when d the box: the ‘thingy’ that keeps the top oy During a US radio show that was audience to phone in with their favourite examples object that she was not sure anyon she had a pizza delivered, to eat at home, and opents the box from getting stuck to the melted cheese. Thol the white plastic tripod she described was immediately recognisable to the listeners, i ie it thought the pizza-box insert wa; ‘The caller's enthusiasm for the object made it clear that she thong i the epitome of good design. She told of ' washing and saving the little tripods, hoping someday to Frade uses for hem, No one called in to ask fora better description of he throwaway thing, or to give its actual name. But such identification was not needed for it to be recognised, ‘admired for its ingenuity, and appreciated for its purpose. After the show was broadcast, another listener, an artist, sent an email, saying that she also aaiired the design ofthe white plastic objects, which she called ‘triangle platforms’. She reusing them as spacers between stacked paint palettes in 4s described shortening their legs an her storage box. She had also used them for a diferent purpose, turning them upside down to Support spherical objects for display. Things are often used for purposes other than their intended design. ‘Another fan of the plastic tripods finds them ideal for holding eggs, to which she applies sequins, beads, and other festive trimmings to make decorations. For this admirer, the simple 2 Geuices are definitely not throwaway items. In fact, on the website explaining her utilisation of these objects, they are described in an ironic way: to “The plastic tripod is very expensive, costing somewhere around $10 US, but it is worth it for the ease of working with the eggs. It's probably the packaging that makes the tripod so expensive. It ‘comes packaged with a carry-oul pizza. The pizza and the cardboard box protect the plastic 28 tripod, though some would assert that the box and tripod protect the pizza. Regardless, the pizza and box can be discarded in some ecologically sound manner and the tripod used to hold the egg as a work in progress.” However you look at it, the pizza-box platform is a fine example of something designed to be very functional. It is not, though, Something most of us would think to put on alee in our 0 windows — or something that has a purpose that is apparent out of context. No object is ever truly without a name. In fact, the plastic tripod is sol oa , family business tet provides holels nd restaurante with te tems oe clr ac rere, eich as plastic spoons and toothpicks. The three-legged speciality item, offered in the catalogue as @ tripod to ‘keep the top ofthe pizza box from sticking tothe cheese’ indeed a benefit totussy pizza lovers, ands tiny feet barely disturb the toppings. As a designed ob ae benef fo fussy ©ucLES 2024 O86t/01nNSERTIANNE igh she did not know what it was calleg §is perfect, The pizza saver, i Nothing ely beautiful The cewek the pica flat box in whichis found, is efficient but of eS he squat tripod di job i , er cuntered ina kitchen drawer, that op Mould wen designed to-do, but iit were first sign is nothing if not decision makin bezcons about what the _ cattaily good enough for the modest role that it plays in the real world. That the pizza-box tripod can also serve, albeit unintentionally, for holding round and ovoid objects for depiay and decoration just makes its design all the more satisfying. i ards, admirers appreciate its beauty. ie aca PucLEs 224 (0861/01NSERTAM24