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Cambridge IGCSE
FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH 0500/13
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Paper 1 Reading May/June 2021
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. Any blank pages are indicated.
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Read Text A, Are humans the only primates that can talk?, in the insert and then answer
Questions 1(a)–1(e) on this question paper.
Question 1
(a) Give two examples of primates that have surprised and impressed research scientists according
to the text.
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(b) Using your own words, explain what the text means by:
(i) ‘provide evidence’ (line 2):
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(ii) ‘range of gestures’ (line 4):
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(c) Re-read paragraph 2 (‘Humans … talk?’).
Give two reasons why it seems particularly surprising that only human primates can actually
talk.
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(d) Re-read paragraphs 3 and 4 (‘As scientist … the earth.’).
(i) Identify the two main tasks Dr Dunn completed to carry out his research.
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(ii) Explain why scientists are studying these different primate species.
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(e) Re-read paragraph 5 (‘However, other … explore.’).
Using your own words, explain why some people might not accept the findings of the research.
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Read Text C, A window on the world – my years with chimpanzees, in the insert and then
answer Questions 2(a)–2(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) The writer knew that although the chimps’ day had begun quietly this could change to
a chaotic, noisy situation.
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(ii) The chimps made regular stops to eat.
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(iii) The grassy ridge provided a place from which to observe the chimps.
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(iv) People thought that chimps were calm, even-tempered animals who did not eat meat.
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(b) Using your own words, explain what the writer means by each of the words underlined:
A surge of memories flooded back. Gradually in those days I’d pieced together fragments from
their daily lives, feeding habits, travel routes and social structure. Thinking back I relived the
thrill of watching Greybeard fishing for termites with stems of grass – picking a wide blade of
grass and trimming it carefully so it could be poked into the narrow passage of the termite
mound. What a discovery – humans weren’t the only tool-making animals!
(i) habits ..................................................................................................................... [1]
(ii) picking ................................................................................................................... [1]
(iii) trimming ................................................................................................................. [1]
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