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Cambridge IGCSE

FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/11

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Paper 1 Reading May/June 2020

2 hours

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: 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 fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• If additional space is needed, you should use the lined pages at the end of this booklet; the question
number or numbers must be clearly shown.
• Dictionaries are not allowed.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• The insert contains the reading texts.

This document has 16 pages. Blank pages are indicated.

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Read Text A, The problem with plastics, in the insert and then answer Questions 1(a)–(e) on
this question paper.

Question 1
(a) Give three examples of man-made materials humans use more than plastic.

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(b) Using your own words, explain what the text means by:

(i) ‘adaptable and durable’ (line 1):

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(ii) ‘an astonishing mass’ (line 4):

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(c) Re-read paragraph 3 ( ‘‘‘We’re rapidly  emissions.’’’).

Give two reasons why disposing of plastics is difficult.

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(d) Re-read paragraphs 4 and 5 (‘Plastic items  recycled once.’’’).

(i) Identify two facts about how plastic items are dealt with, which lead to plastic waste
littering the environment.

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(ii) What changes are needed to improve the recycling of plastic?

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(e) Re-read paragraphs 6 and 7 (‘In the meantime  that long.’’’).

Using your own words, explain the reasons why the problem of plastic waste is not being
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Read Text B, It’s great that Blue Planet II is pushing hard on plastic pollution, but, in the
insert and then answer Question 1(f) on this question paper.

Question 1

(f) According to Text B, what problems are associated with plastic waste and the way documentary
programme makers are presenting the issue?

You must use continuous writing (not note form) and use your own words as far as possible.

Your summary should not be more than 120 words.

Up to 10 marks are available for the content of your answer and up to 5 marks for the
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Read Text C, The penguin lessons, in the insert and then answer Questions 2(a)–(d) on this
question paper.

Question 2
(a) Identify a word or phrase from the text which suggests the same idea as the words
underlined:

(i) Boats used for recreational purposes were moored in the harbour as well as the boats
used by local fishermen.

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(ii) The colours of the boats and houses by the harbour were bright and cheerful.

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(iii) At the time of the incident, rules about where oil tankers could wash out their tanks
were not as strict as they are now.

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(iv) Oil tanks washing out their tanks left huge patches of sea covered with a film of
poisonous oil.

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(b) Using your own words, explain what the writer means by each of the words underlined:

I turned and walked round the promontory to the eastern side. I had only been strolling along
the seashore for minutes, when I caught sight of the first of them: black, unmoving shapes.

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(c) Use one example from the text below to explain how the writer suggests his feelings about
what he saw on the beach.

Use your own words in your explanation.

Initially, I was aware of only a few but, as I walked on, they grew in number, until the whole
beach appeared to be covered with black lumps in a black carpet. Hundreds of penguins lay
dead in the sand, covered in thick, cloying oil and tar. Each wave that broke piled another grim
batch of carcasses on top of those already there. The sight was dreadful, sickening and
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(d) Re-read paragraphs 2 and 9.

• Paragraph 2 begins ‘Swimming in unison ’ and is about the wildlife in the harbour.
• Paragraph 9 begins ‘Amid all the ’ and is about approaching and capturing the bird.

Explain how the writer uses language to convey meaning and to create effect in these
paragraphs. Choose three examples of words or phrases from each paragraph to support
your answer. Your choices should include the use of imagery.

Write about 200 to 300 words.

Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer.

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Re-read Text C, The penguin lessons, in the insert and then answer Question 3 on this question
paper.

Question 3

Imagine you are a local journalist. Recent events have prompted you to write a magazine article
about the need to better safeguard the area.

Write the magazine article.

In your article you should explain:

• the attractions of the local area and why people visit

• the problems affecting the area and the likely impact if things do not improve
• what Tom Michell did and why, and the result of his actions.

Base your article on what you have read in Text C, but be careful to use your own words. Address
each of the three bullet points.

Begin your article with a suitable headline.

Write about 250 to 350 words.

Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer and up to 10 marks for the quality
of your writing.

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