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ENGLISH
0844/01
Paper 1 Non-fiction
April 2022
1 hour
You must answer on the question paper.
You will need:
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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 fluid.
• 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 passages.
This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
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Text A
Are you cut out for space?
Want to be an astronaut? Of course you do. Who wouldn’t want to float around in
space, gazing back at our gorgeous blue planet in the distance and zooming to
work on a speeding rocket? But it can be tough out there. Have you got what it
takes to fly in space?
What is an astronaut?
It sounds a ridiculously easy question. An astronaut is someone who flies in
space, right? Well, yes – but it’s pretty difficult to say where space actually starts.
If you fly straight up from Earth, you’ll get to space eventually. But before you do,
there’s a blanket of gases (the Earth’s atmosphere) which gets thinner until it
fades into nothing. After that, you’re in space. But because the gases fade out
gradually, it’s hard to say where the Earth’s atmosphere ends. So, scientists
have invented an imaginary line – the Karman line – 160 kilometres above the
Earth. That’s where space officially starts. Get past that line and you can think of
yourself as an astronaut.
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Into space
But getting to the Karman line is a problem. Not many people have spaceships,
as they’re the most expensive form of transport there is. Luxury cars like Rolls
Royces? Private jets? They’re dirt cheap compared to your average spacecraft.
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Who’s paying?
To get a ride into space, you’ll have to do one of these things:
• work for a government space agency
Government space agencies are the number one employers of
astronauts.
• become a billionaire…
With eye-watering sums of money, you can go into space as a tourist.
• …or just work for one
Be a pilot for one of the few billionaires with their own space travel
company and you could fly the rich to space!
• win a competition
Some people have won tickets into space. But none of them have flown
yet, so don’t hold your breath.
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Text B
Alan Shepard
Who was Alan Shepard?
Alan Shepard was the second person, and the first American, in space. In the late
1940s, he became a test pilot. Then, in 1959, he was one of the first seven
astronauts chosen by NASA* to train to go into space.
Going into space
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard went into space for the first time, on a spaceship
called Freedom 7. There was just enough room for one person on board. On this
flight, Shepard did not circle the Earth. He flew 185 kilometres high and came back
down. The flight lasted about 15 minutes; it was a great success!
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Experimenting in space
Shepard was the commander on his second spaceflight, which was on Apollo 14.
The other astronauts on this mission to the moon were Stuart Roosa and Edgar
Mitchell. On 15 February 1971, Shepard and Mitchell landed part of their spaceship
on the moon, while Roosa kept the main ship orbiting around the moon. Shepard and
Mitchell walked on the moon, did science experiments there, and collected over 45
kilograms of moon rocks. Shepard also surprised everyone by suddenly producing a
golf club and becoming the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon! He
demonstrated how far the ball would go in the moon’s low gravity – so, in a way, that
was science, too!
After Alan Shepard flew on two space missions, he then worked as the head of the
Astronaut Office. He left NASA in 1974, but continued to be involved in exploration by
raising money to train new astronauts.
Glossary
*NASA: the North American Space Agency, which is the space organisation of the
USA
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Section A: Reading
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
Read Text A, an informal report in the insert, and answer Questions 1–11.
1
Find an example of onomatopoeia in the first paragraph (lines 1–4).
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2
Give a short quotation from the first paragraph to show that an astronaut’s job
is not easy.
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3
Look at this sentence: ‘If you fly straight up from Earth, you’ll get to space
eventually.’ (Line 7)
What is the sentence above an example of? Tick () one box.
an imperative
a past verb form
a conditional
a passive verb form
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Look at these two phrases:
‘…there’s a blanket of gases (the Earth’s atmosphere) which gets thinner until
it fades into nothing.’ (Lines 8–9)
‘…scientists have invented an imaginary line – the Karman line – 160
kilometres above the Earth.’ (Lines 10–12)
(a) Why have brackets and dashes been used in these phrases?
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(b) What effect does the writer achieve by using dashes instead of brackets?
[1]
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What is the main reason most people cannot go into space?
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Give a phrase from Text A that means the same as ‘very low-priced’.
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What is the most common way to get a ride into space?
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8
Find a phrase from Text A that means the same as ‘it’s unlikely to happen
soon’.
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Look at the lines below from Text A.
Which one of them is an example of an opinion? Tick () one box.
‘… our gorgeous blue planet in the distance.’
‘… which gets thinner until it fades into nothing.’
‘Some people have won tickets into space.’
‘… you can go into space as a tourist.’
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10 (a) Text A is written in an informal style.
Complete this table of the features of informal writing with examples from
Text A.
Feature
Shortened clauses
Use of the second person
(ii)
Use of questions
Example from the text
‘Get past that…’
(i)
who’s, wouldn’t, don’t
(iii)
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(b) Why has the writer chosen to write in an informal style?
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11 What kind of book would you find Text A in?
Tick () one box.
a school dictionary
an instruction manual for pilots
a biography about an astronaut
an information book about astronauts
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Read Text B, in the insert, and answer Questions 12–20.
12 Where is Alan Shepard from?
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13 Which one of the sentences below about Alan Shepard’s first space flight is
true?
Tick () one box.
He flew with six other astronauts.
He flew to the moon.
He flew around the Earth.
He flew for less than an hour.
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14 What are the names of the two spaceships Alan Shepard flew in?
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15 Which of the astronauts in Text B did not walk on the moon?
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16 Look at lines 13–15.
What do we learn about Alan’s character?
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17 How did Shepard support space exploration after leaving NASA?
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18 What genre is Text B?
Tick () one box.
a recount
a biography
an information text
a diary entry
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19 Explain why Alan Shepard has the reputation of being an exceptional
astronaut. Give two reasons.
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20 Choose the best heading for the last paragraph of Text B.
Tick () one box.
A quiet life
The last flight
Life on Earth
A missed opportunity
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Section B: Writing
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
21 Imagine that a team of young explorers from your school has recently returned
from a successful trip to explore a remote place somewhere in the world.
The place the team explored could be:
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a mountainous region
the bottom of a lake or sea
a cave system
a jungle area.
Write a report about the trip.
Space for your plan:
Write your report on the next page.
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