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Term Paper 48  Paper 1 (QA – Part A) 1 Write your Candidate Number in the space provided on this page. Read Texts 1 and 2 and answer questions 1-19. (42 marks) Text 1 1. Based on the information in paragraph 1, complete the sentence by selecting the best options from the choices below. (2 marks) (i) A. touch-tone phones B. smartphones C. the internet D. flip phones (ii) A. replace hers with something more advanced B. renew her relationship with the technology C. give hers up for recycling D. give up using them 2. According to paragraph 2, what has sent flip phone sales ‘soaring’ (line 4) in recent years? ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. According to paragraph 2, which is the main advantage of ‘dumbphones’? ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the phrase ‘the word’ (line 11) refer to? ___________________________ A B C D A B C D Ellie has been using (i) ________ since she was 12, but she recently decided to (ii) ________ . COMPULSORY A Term Paper 48 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 PART A QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK Part Mark A B1 B2 Total Candidate Number
Term Paper 48  Paper 1 (QA – Part A) 2 5. According to paragraph 3, are the following statements True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG)? (3 marks) Statements (i) People who feel overwhelmed by the stimulation offered by smartphones may find relief in using a dumbphone. (ii) Being ‘unsmart’ is an accidental by-product of ‘feature phones’. (iii) No dumbphones can be used to connect to the internet. 6. What does the writer imply by ‘but you might have to squint to see it at first’ (line 14)? ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Complete the summary of paragraph 4 below with ONE word taken from the paragraph. (2 marks) Dumbphones consume less energy because they have very basic (i) ___________________ . This also means users are unlikely to experience serious security (ii) ___________________ . 8. Find a word in paragraph 4 that has a similar meaning to each word given below. (2 marks) (i) complex ________________________ (ii) motivated ________________________ 9. Below is a summary of paragraphs 5-6. In six of the lines, there is ONE mistake. If you find a mistake, underline it and replace the word with one that expresses the correct idea. Write the word in the box on the right. Both grammar and spelling must be correct. In one of the lines there is no mistake; put a tick (✓) in the corresponding box. The first has been done for you as an example. (6 marks) Summary Correction e.g. Gen Z is not for technology, but they do have some reservations against (i) about the physical health effects of smartphone usage. In fact, (ii) less than half of Gen Z respondents to a survey said that they (iii) wished to spend more time using screens. In addition, theirs was (iv) the first age group that was less active on their socials compared (v) to 2021. One expert attributes this to their upbringing. Being (vi) digital natives, they may be more adapted to digital stress. T F NG
Term Paper 48  Paper 1 (QA – Part A) 3 10. Complete the summary of paragraph 8 below with ONE word taken from the paragraph. (4 marks) Some nations have tried to help residents strike a healthy (i) ___________________ between work and leisure activities. Surprisingly, their national (ii) ___________________ hasn’t been compromised. In fact, research shows that (iii) ___________________ performance can drop with the presence of the phone, and that effect may be even more (iv) ___________________ for people with a severe phone addiction. 11. What does the writer imply with the phrase ‘perhaps we are too far gone’ (line 38)? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 12. Provide ONE example of how the world has become ‘less tolerant of people without a smartphone’ (lines 38-39). ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 13. Based on the information in paragraph 9, complete the summary by selecting the best options from the choices below. (4 marks) (i) A. inconvenient B. inappropriate C. incompatible D. unacceptable (ii) A. encoded B. digitized C. uploaded D. modernized (iii) A. cost B. incentive C. assistance D. encouragement A B C D A B C D Dumbphones may be too (i) ________ for most people as many restaurants and businesses have (ii) ________ a number of their services. There is also little (iii) ________ for big tech companies to release their own dumbphones as the technology is not very (iv) ________ . A B C D
Term Paper 48  Paper 1 (QA – Part A) 4 (iv) A. popular B. lucrative C. high-tech D. beneficial 14. According to paragraph 10, what is a ‘selectively dumb’ phone? ____________________________________________________________________________ 15. With reference to paragraph 10, give ONE benefit of using a dedicated app to dumb down your smartphone over using a dumbphone. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 16. What is the text type of Text 1? A. a news report B. a survey report C. a feature article D. a personal profile Text 2 17. According to paragraphs 11 and 12, are the following statements True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG)? (3 marks) Statements (i) @aaron9093 is using the free version of the app. (ii) The app @aaron9093 used is easier to use than other apps they have used before. (iii) The app @aaron9093 used has a wide range of options for customization. 18. What does @sammylui88 compare the app they used to? ____________________________________________________________________________ T F NG A B C D A B C D