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KOTHARI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
IGCSE FLE PAPER 1 2023-24 MOCK ASSESSMENT

CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER
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SUBJECT: ENGLISH DATE: 31st August, 2023
MAXIMUM MARKS: 80 TIME ALLOWED: 2 Hours
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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.

Read Text A, Space travel, in the insert and then answer Questions 1(a)-(e) on this question paper.

Question 1 (15)
(a)
Give two examples of the ways in which the Sun and Moon have been viewed, according to
paragraph 2.

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

(i) ‘reflect humorously’ (lines 8–9):

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(ii) ‘Improbable narratives’ (line 9):

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(c) Re-read paragraph 4 (‘Despite fictional excitement a flight of fancy.’).

Give two reasons why space travel became more likely in the twentieth century.

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(d) Re-read paragraphs 5 and 6 (‘However, since government cash.’).

(i) Identify two reasons why probes have been an advantage to space exploration.

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(ii) Explain why humans have not so far been to Mars.

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(e) Re-read paragraph 7 (‘Whether by public twenty-first century.’).

Using your own words, explain why there is a good chance that humans will land on Mars in
the twenty-first century.

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Read Text B, The human swan, in the insert and then answer Question 1(f) on this question paper.

Question 1 (15)
 (f) According to Text B, what were the challenges that Sacha Dench experienced during her journey?
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
quality of your writing.

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Read Text C, An incredible journey, in the insert and then answer Questions 2(a)–(d) on this
question paper.

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

(A) (i) Max and Helmuth had great hopes for their journey.

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(ii) The sun was very hot and strong.

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(iii) The radiator overheated and made a high-pitched noise.

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 (iv) Max and Helmuth were buried in deep and unhappy thoughts.

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

Our weight was at the root of our whole problem. ‘We’ll have to downsize,’ I said. ‘We’ll have to
jettison some of our luggage.’

(I) root ........................................................................................................................ [1]

(ii) whole ..................................................................................................................... [1] (iii)

jettison ................................................................................................................... [1]

(c) Use one example from the text below to explain how the writer suggests the feelings of the men
about camping out in the open on this particular night.

Use your own words in your explanation.

A few of them raised their heads sleepily from their feathers and followed us with the long,serious
gaze of philosophers. Perhaps they were thinking, ‘Funny these humans going south just now.’ At
eleven o’clock we gratefully pitched camp. Sleeping on camp beds in the open with the gentle warm
breezes caressing our faces was wonderful.

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(d) Re-read paragraphs 2 and 14.

• Paragraph 2 begins ‘In front of us lay ’ and is about Max’s expectations and experience in the
Dead Sea.
• Paragraph 14 begins ‘Easier in our minds ’ and is about what Max and Helmuth see while
driving in the evening.

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, An incredible journey, in the insert and then answer Question 3 on this question

paper. Question 3 (25)

Imagine you are Helmuth from Text C. Straight after the evening that you and Max pitch camp, you

write a letter to your mother. In your letter you should comment on:

• the most enjoyable parts of your journey so far and why they were enjoyable

• the challenges you and Max faced and how you overcame these challenges

• the problems you foresee for the rest of the trip and how you might have been better prepared for
them.

Write the words of your letter.

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