English Stage 9 Paper 1 Non-fiction 2022 1 hour 10 minutes Additional materials: Insert 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. 3140_01_5RP © UCLES 2022 2 Section A: Reading Spend 30 minutes on this section. Read Text A, in the insert, and answer questions 1–9. 1 What type of text is this? Tick () one box. biographical text discussion text advertising text persuasive text [1] 2 Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–6). (a) Give one reason the Cincinnati underground network was never completed. [1] (b) Give one word that tells the reader the underground remains unused. [1] 3 Look at the first sentence in the second paragraph (lines 7–12). The word Though links two ideas. What is the link? [1] 4 Look at the third paragraph (lines 13–16). The writer uses two dashes ( – ). Give one reason why the writer does this. [1] 5 Look at lines 19–20. Explain why the writer uses the phrase blood flow. [2] © UCLES 2022 E/S9/01 3 6 Look at the fifth and sixth paragraphs (lines 21–23 and 24–26). (a) Give one example of how abandoned stations are used as pop-up meeting places. [1] (b) Look at lines 24–25. The writer uses the phrase not just as. What does this tell the reader about the writer’s opinion? [1] 7 In the seventh paragraph (lines 27–29), Tom Moran says abandoned stations are like time capsules. Give one piece of evidence from a different part of the text that shows this idea. [1] 8 Why is the last sentence in a separate paragraph? [1] 9 How do you think abandoned stations are like ghosts? Give two reasons and support each reason with a quotation from the text. Reason 1: Quotation 1: Reason 2: Quotation 2: [4] © UCLES 2022 E/S9/01 [Turn over 4 Now read Text B, in the insert, and answer questions 10–14. 10 Where is Text B taken from? Tick () one box. guide book travel magazine hotel advertisement environmental report [1] 11 Look at the first sentence (line 1). The writer has omitted the words ‘Have you’ from the beginning of the sentence. Give one reason for this. [1] 12 Look at the second paragraph (lines 4–10). The writer uses a subordinate clause to begin the sentence. Give one reason for this. [1] 13 Look at the last sentence. Explain why the writer ends the text with this phrase. [2] © UCLES 2022 E/S9/01 5 14 (a) Your friend wants to travel. Complete the list of advantages of travelling by train, using ideas and information from Text B. List up to six other points. Travelling by train: • is affordable • is efficient • • • • • • [3] (b) Summarise the advantages of train travel. Include 4–5 of your points from the list. Write up to 50 words. Use your own words as much as possible. [2] © UCLES 2022 E/S9/01 [Turn over 6 Section B: Writing Spend 30 minutes on this section. 15 There is an old, empty building in your town which is about to be demolished. Write an article for your local newspaper to convince readers that the building should be kept. You should consider: • • • • What is the building? Why should it be kept? How should the building be used? Who will use the building? Space for your plan: Write your article on the next page. © UCLES 2022 [25 marks] E/S9/01 7 © UCLES 2022 E/S9/01 [Turn over 8 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced annually and is available to download at https://lowersecondary.cambridgeinternational.org/. Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. © UCLES 2022 E/S9/01
